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From Cause to Causation

A Peircean Perspective

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Menno Hulswit

    1. Heyendaal Institute, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 90)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Some Key Moments in the History of the Concept of Causation

    • Menno Hulswit
    Pages 1-45

  3. Contemporary Approaches to Causation

    • Menno Hulswit
    Pages 47-74

  4. Peirce on Final Causation

    • Menno Hulswit
    Pages 75-96

  5. Final Causes and Natural Classes

    • Menno Hulswit
    Pages 97-132

  6. The Riddle of Semeiotic Causation

    • Menno Hulswit
    Pages 133-166

  7. A Semeiotic Account of Causation

    • Menno Hulswit
    Pages 167-217

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 219-253
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About this book

From Cause to Causation presents both a critical analysis of C.S. Peirce's conception of causation, and a novel approach to causation, based upon the semeiotic of Peirce.
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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Heyendaal Institute, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Menno Hulswit

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Cause to Causation

  • Book Subtitle: A Peircean Perspective

  • Authors: Menno Hulswit

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0297-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0976-1Published: 31 October 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0977-8Published: 31 October 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0297-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 258

  • Topics: Ontology, Metaphysics, Pragmatism, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Nature

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