Efficient Causation: A History

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This volume is a collection of new essays by specialists that trace the concept of efficient causation from its discovery in Ancient Greece, through its development in late antiquity, the medieval period, and modern philosophy, to its use in contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science

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BD531.5.E34 2014

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9780199782185   9780199782178   0199782172   0199782180
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Efficient Causation in Spinoza and Leibniz.  (pages 165-191)Martin Lin
Malebranche and Berkeley on Efficient Causation.  (pages 198-230)Lisa Downing

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