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Powers and abilities in early modern philosophy / edited by Sebastian Bender and Dominik Perler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in seventeenth-century philosophy ; 28.
- Routledge studies in seventeenth-century philosophy ; 28
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Philosophy).
- Creative ability.
- Philosophy, Modern--17th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Philosophy, Modern--1t8h century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 377 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Suárez on Powers and Abilities as Inner Causes
- 2 Real Tendencies: Descartes on Dispositions and Powers in the Material World
- 3 Occasionalism, Powers, and Human Freedom in French Cartesianism
- 4 Sergeant Versus Le Grand on Forms and Causal Power
- 5 Move Your Body! Cavendish on Self-Motion
- 6 Hobbes on Powers, Accidents, and Motions
- 7 Gravity, Occult Qualities, and Newton's Ontology of Powers
- 8 Spinoza on Powers and Abilities
- 9 Locke on the Right Use of Our Abilities
- 10 Forces and Abilities in Leibniz
- 11 Du Châtelet on the Powers of Bodies and Minds
- 12 Creatures of Habit: Condillac on the Abilities of Animals
- 13 Moral Competence as a Distinctively Human Ability: Rousseau and Herder
- 14 Watts and Trotter Cockburn on the Power of Thinking
- 15 Mental Faculties and Powers and the Foundations of Hume's Philosophy
- 16 Reid on Powers and Abilities
- 17 Kant on Abilities, Human Freedom, and Complete Determination
- List of Contributors
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Powers and abilities in early modern philosophy
- ISBN:
- 9781003305316
- 1003305318
- 9781040089750
- 1040089755
- 9781040089774
- 1040089771
- Publisher Number:
- 40032415902
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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