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100 1 _aFrost, Gloria Ruth
_eautore
_1http://viaf.org/viaf/78919747
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245 1 0 _aAquinas on efficient causation and causal powers /
_cGloria Frost, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota.
264 1 _aCambridge, United Kingdom :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2022.
300 _axii, 239 pagine ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atesto
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _asenza mediazione
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aInclude bibliografia e indice.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Part I. The elements of paradigm instances of efficient causation. Background and overview of Aquinas's theories; Efficient causation : the paradigm case and its features and conditions; Active powers; Natural inclination and final causality; Passive powers; action and passion -- Part II. Complications. Non-paradigm cases : efficient causes within networks, absences and sine qua non causation; Efficient causes which act through another cause's power -- Conclusion.
520 _a"In this innovative book, Gloria Frost reconstructs and analyses Aquinas's theories on efficient causation and causal powers, focusing specifically on natural causal powers and efficient causation in nature. Frost presents each element of Aquinas's theories one by one, comparing them with other theories, as well as examining the philosophical and interpretive ambiguities in Aquinas's thought and proposing fresh solutions to conceptual difficulties. Her discussion includes explanations of Aquinas's technical scholastic terminology in jargon-free prose, as well as background on medieval scientific views--including ordinary language explanations of the medieval physical theories which Aquinas assumed in formulating his views on causation and causal powers. The resulting volume is a rich exploration of a central philosophical topic in medieval philosophy and beyond, and will be valuable especially for scholars and advanced students working on Aquinas and on medieval natural philosophy".
600 0 7 _aThomas Aquinas,
_csanto,
_dcirca 1225-1274
_xCausalità
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