Gloria Frost (Minnesota University of St Thomas)

Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers

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Produktbeschreibung

Frost'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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781009225380
• ISBN-10: 1009225383
• Artikelnr.: 70391356

Autorenporträt

Gloria Frost is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. She has published articles in journals including Journal of the History of Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy, and Ergo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
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.