The crisis of causality : : Voetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change / / by J.A. van Ruler.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 66
• VerfasserIn: Ruler, J. A. van 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 66.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 pages)

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...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / J. A. van Ruler
• INTRODUCTION / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER ONE: VOETIUS' ESSAY \'ON THE NATURES AND SUBSTANTIAL FORMS OF THINGS\' / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER TWO: SPECIES AND FORMS / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER THREE: FINALIST PHYSICS / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER FOUR: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: PERCEPTION AND CAUSALITY / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER FIVE: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: FROM ENDS TO IMPULSE / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF SUBSTANTIAL UNITY / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER SEVEN: ULTIMATE CAUSES IN MECHANICAL PHYSICS / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CARTESIAN WORLD / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER NINE: CAUSES, CONSERVATION AND CONCURRENCE / J. A. van Ruler
• CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS: THEOLOGY BETWEEN VITALISM AND MECHANISM / J. A. van Ruler
• BIBLIOGRAPHY / J. A. van Ruler
• INDEX / J. A. van Ruler.