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Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers by Gloria Frost (2022, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009225421

ISBN-139781009225427

eBay Product ID (ePID)9057247785

Product Key Features

Book TitleAquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Surveys / Medieval, General

Publication Year2022

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenrePhilosophy

AuthorGloria Frost

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2022-011767

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal189.4

Table Of ContentIntroduction; Part I. The Elements of Paradigm Instances of Efficient Causation: 1. Background and Overview of Aquinas's Theories; 2. Efficient Causation: The Paradigm Case and its Features and Conditions; 3. Active Powers; 4. Natural Inclination and Final Causality; 5. Passive Powers; 6. Action and Passion; Part II. Complications: 7: Non-Paradigm Cases: Efficient Causes within Networks, Absences and Sine Qua Non Causation; 8. Efficient Causes Which Act Through Another Cause's Power; Conclusion.

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisFrost's analysis of Aquinas's theories of efficient causation and causal powers is a rich exploration of a central philosophical topic in medieval philosophy and beyond. It will be valuable especially for scholars and advanced students working on Aquinas and on medieval philosophy., In this innovative book, Gloria Frost reconstructs and analyses Aquinas's theories on efficient causation and causal powers, focusing specifically on natural causal powers and efficient causation in nature. Frost presents each element of Aquinas's theories one by one, comparing them with other theories, as well as examining the philosophical and interpretive ambiguities in Aquinas's thought and proposing fresh solutions to conceptual difficulties. Her discussion includes explanations of Aquinas's technical scholastic terminology in jargon-free prose, as well as background on medieval scientific views - including ordinary language explanations of the medieval physical theories which Aquinas assumed in formulating his views on causation and causal powers. The resulting volume is a rich exploration of a central philosophical topic in medieval philosophy and beyond, and will be valuable especially for scholars and advanced students working on Aquinas and on medieval natural philosophy.

LC Classification NumberB765.T54F76 2022