From Cause to Causation - A Peircean Perspective (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Philosophical Studies Series, 90
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	M. Hulswit
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
Edition:	2002 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-0976-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-0976-3
Barcode:	9781402009761

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