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The Volitional Theory of Causation - From Berkeley to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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The Volitional Theory of Causation - From Berkeley to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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This book presents a history of the volitional theory of
causation—the philosophical proposal that volition, or will, of
the same or broadly the same stamp as that which we experience in
our own deliberate and voluntary doings, should be taken as the
basis for all causality. Few today know much about the volitional
theory of causation, and even fewer have given it any serious
attention. But if current opinion regards this suggestion as an
unusual one, of minor importance, the historical record shows
otherwise, revealing that it is a theory which has been proposed
and developed again and again throughout the modern era. Its
obscurity is only a recent phenomenon. Starting at the beginning of
the Early Modern period and progressing right up the modern times,
the historical discussion takes in both supporters and critics, as
well as both famous and less well-known figures, to tell the story
of a long-running debate which contemporary history of philosophy
has forgotten. The principal figures discussed are Berkeley, Hume,
Reid, Maine de Biran, Schopenhauer, Mansel, Mill, Martineau,
Alexander Campbell Fraser, Borden Parker Bowne, and G.F.Stout,
although many other philosophers are also considered. The book ends
with a consider of the philosophical merits of the theory.
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