Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1270 g
Reihe: Philosophical Studies Series
A Peircean Perspective
Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1270 g
Reihe: Philosophical Studies Series
ISBN: 978-1-4020-0976-1
Verlag: Springer
The book begins with a review of the history of causation, and with a critical discussion of contemporary theories of the concept of `cause'. The author uncovers a number of inadequacies in the received views of causation, and discusses their historical roots. He makes a distinction between "causality", which is the relation between cause and effect, and causation, which is the production of a certain effect. He argues that, by focusing on causality, the contemporary theories fatally neglect the more fundamental problem of causation. The author successively discusses Peirce's theories of final causation, natural classes, semeiotic, and semeiotic causation. Finally, he uses Peirce's semeiotic to develop a new approach to causation, which relates causation to our experience of signs.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
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1: SOME KEY MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT OF CAUSATION.- 2: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO CAUSATION.- 3: PEIRCE ON FINAL CAUSATION.- 4: FINAL CAUSES AND NATURAL GLASSES.- 5: THE RIDDLE OF SEMEIOTIC CAUSATION.- 6: A SEMEIOTIC ACCOUNT OF CAUSATION.- Notes.