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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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
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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
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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