The crisis of causality : Voetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change /
Ruler, J. A. van.
The crisis of causality : Voetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change / by J.A. van Ruler. - 1 online resource (xii, 353 pages) - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 66 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 66. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, ISBN: 9789004253339. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-338) and index.
Preliminary Material / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER ONE: VOETIUS' ESSAY \'ON THE NATURES AND SUBSTANTIAL FORMS OF THINGS\' / CHAPTER TWO: SPECIES AND FORMS / CHAPTER THREE: FINALIST PHYSICS / CHAPTER FOUR: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: PERCEPTION AND CAUSALITY / CHAPTER FIVE: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: FROM ENDS TO IMPULSE / CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF SUBSTANTIAL UNITY / CHAPTER SEVEN: ULTIMATE CAUSES IN MECHANICAL PHYSICS / CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CARTESIAN WORLD / CHAPTER NINE: CAUSES, CONSERVATION AND CONCURRENCE / CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS: THEOLOGY BETWEEN VITALISM AND MECHANISM / BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX / J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler.
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The Crisis of Causality deals with the reaction of the Dutch Calvinist theologian Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) to the New Philosophy of René Descartes (1596-1650). Voetius not only criticised the Cartesian idea of a mechanical Universe; he also foresaw that shifting conceptions of natural causality would make it impossible for theologians to explain the relationship between God and Creation in philosophical terms. This threatened the status of theology as a scientific discipline. Apart from a detailed analysis of the Scholastic and Cartesian notions of causality, the book offers new perspectives on related subjects, such as seventeenth-century university training and the Cartesian method of science. It will be of great importance to any student of seventeenth-century intellectual history, philosophy, theology and history of science.
9789004247208
10.1163/9789004247208 DOI
95017523
Voet, Gijsbert, 1589-1676.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Causation--History--17th century.
God--History of doctrines--17th century.
Philosophy of nature--History--17th century.
Change--History--17th century.
Vitalism--History--17th century.
Mechanism (Philosophy)--History--17th century.
B4000.V64 / R85 1995
122/.092/2
The crisis of causality : Voetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change / by J.A. van Ruler. - 1 online resource (xii, 353 pages) - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 66 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 66. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Online, ISBN: 9789004253339. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-338) and index.
Preliminary Material / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER ONE: VOETIUS' ESSAY \'ON THE NATURES AND SUBSTANTIAL FORMS OF THINGS\' / CHAPTER TWO: SPECIES AND FORMS / CHAPTER THREE: FINALIST PHYSICS / CHAPTER FOUR: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: PERCEPTION AND CAUSALITY / CHAPTER FIVE: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: FROM ENDS TO IMPULSE / CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF SUBSTANTIAL UNITY / CHAPTER SEVEN: ULTIMATE CAUSES IN MECHANICAL PHYSICS / CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CARTESIAN WORLD / CHAPTER NINE: CAUSES, CONSERVATION AND CONCURRENCE / CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS: THEOLOGY BETWEEN VITALISM AND MECHANISM / BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX / J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler -- J. A. van Ruler.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Crisis of Causality deals with the reaction of the Dutch Calvinist theologian Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) to the New Philosophy of René Descartes (1596-1650). Voetius not only criticised the Cartesian idea of a mechanical Universe; he also foresaw that shifting conceptions of natural causality would make it impossible for theologians to explain the relationship between God and Creation in philosophical terms. This threatened the status of theology as a scientific discipline. Apart from a detailed analysis of the Scholastic and Cartesian notions of causality, the book offers new perspectives on related subjects, such as seventeenth-century university training and the Cartesian method of science. It will be of great importance to any student of seventeenth-century intellectual history, philosophy, theology and history of science.
9789004247208
10.1163/9789004247208 DOI
95017523
Voet, Gijsbert, 1589-1676.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Causation--History--17th century.
God--History of doctrines--17th century.
Philosophy of nature--History--17th century.
Change--History--17th century.
Vitalism--History--17th century.
Mechanism (Philosophy)--History--17th century.
B4000.V64 / R85 1995
122/.092/2