Causation in Early Modern Philosophy: Cartesianism, Occasionalism, and Preestablished Harmony de Editor-Steven Nadler - December 1992

Penn State University Press, December 1992. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library with usual marks. No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. No dust jacket. . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Descartes and occasionalism by Daniel Garber -- 2.) Influxus physicus by Eileen O'Neill -- 3.) The occasionalism of Louis de la Forge by Steven Nadler -- 4.) Malebranche, models, and causation by Richard A. Watson -- 5.) Causation and preestablished harmony in the early development of Leibniz's philosophy by Mark A. Kulstad -- 6.) Compossibility and law by Margaret D. Wilson -- 7.) Natures, laws, and miracles: The roots of Leibniz's critique of occasionalism by Donald P. Rutherford -- 8.) Constancy, emergence, and illusions: Obstacles to a naturalistic theory of vision by Catherine Wilson -- 9.) Mechanism as a silly mouse: Bayle's defense of occasionalism against the preestablished harmony by Thomas M. Lennon -- 10.) The value of harmony by Lois Frankel. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.