Neo-Aristotelian perspectives on formal causation

Author(s)

• Jansen, Ludger
• Sandstad, Petter

Bibliographic Information

Neo-Aristotelian perspectives on formal causation

edited by Ludger Jansen and Petter Sandstad

（Routledge studies in metaphysics）

Routledge, 2021

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first volume of essays devoted to Aristotelian formal causation and its relevance for contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science. The essays trace the historical development of formal causation and demonstrate its relevance for contemporary issues, such as causation, explanation, laws of nature, functions, essence, modality, and metaphysical grounding. The introduction to the volume covers the history of theories of formal causation and points out why we need a theory of formal causation in contemporary philosophy. Part I is concerned with scholastic approaches to formal causation, while Part II presents four contemporary approaches to formal causation. The three chapters in Part III explore various notions of dependence and their relevance to formal causation. Part IV, finally, discusses formal causation in biology and cognitive sciences. Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation will be of interest to advanced graduate students and researchers working on contemporary Aristotelian approaches to metaphysics and philosophy of science. This volume includes contributions by Jose Tomas Alvarado, Christopher J. Austin, Giacomo Giannini, Jani Hakkarainen, Ludger Jansen, Markku Keinanen, Gyula Klima, James G. Lennox, Stephen Mumford, David S. Oderberg, Michele Paolini Paoletti, Sandeep Prasada, Petter Sandstad, Wolfgang Sattler, Benjamin Schnieder, Matthew Tugby, and Jonas Werner.

Table of Contents

Introducing Formal Causation Ludger Jansen and Petter Sandstad Part I: Scholastic Approaches to Formal Causation Form, Intention, Information: From Scholastic Logic to Artificial Intelligence Gyula Klima Formal Causation: Accidental and Substantial David S. Oderberg Part II: Contemporary Approaches to Formal Causation A Non-hylomorphic Account of Formal Causation Petter Sandstad and Ludger Jansen Formal Causes for Powers Theorists Giacomo Giannini and Stephen Mumford Away with Dispositional Essences in Trope Theory Jani Hakkarainen and Markku Keinanen Functional Powers Michele Paolini Paoletti Part III: Formal Causation and Dependence An Aristotelian Approach to Existential Dependence Benjamin Schnieder and Jonas Werner Finean Feature Dependence and the Aristotelian Alternative Wolfgang Sattler A Problem for Natural-Kind Essentialism and Formal Causes Jose Tomas Alvarado and Matthew Tugby Part IV: Formal Causation in Biology and Cognitive Sciences Form as Cause and the Formal Cause: Aristotle's Answer James G. Lennox Form, Cause, and Explanation in Biology: A Neo-Aristotelian Perspective Christopher J. Austin Formal Explanation and Mechanisms of Conceptual Representation Sandeep Prasada

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Details

• NCID: BC04637201
• ISBN:
  • 9780367341206
• LCCN: 2020045007
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 299 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B491.C3
  • DC23 : 122
  • DC : 124
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aristotle
  • LCSH : Causation
  • LCSH : Hylomorphism
  • LCSH : Metaphysics
  • LCSH : Science -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB02397540