{"product_id":"aquinas-on-efficient-causation-and-causal-powers-paperback-softback-9781009225380","title":"Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009225380","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book reconstructs and analyses Aquinas's theories of efficient causation and causal powers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGloria Frost (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009225380, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Its rigorous and uniquely holistic analysis of Aquinas's theory of natural efficient causation makes it an invaluable scholarly resource. Moreover, Frost expresses this scholarship with remarkable clarity: her writing is lucid and stocked with vivid examples, and she always lays out the basics before going in depth, which makes the book also well suited to students not yet versed in Thomism. Frost's work should grace the shelves of any scholar and professor interested in Aquinas's natural philosophy.' Francis Feingold, Speculum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Elements of Paradigm Instances of Efficient Causation: 1. Background and Overview of Aquinas's Theories\u003cbr\u003e 2. Efficient Causation: The Paradigm Case and its Features and Conditions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Active Powers\u003cbr\u003e 4. Natural Inclination and Final Causality\u003cbr\u003e 5. Passive Powers\u003cbr\u003e 6. Action and Passion\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Complications: 7: Non-Paradigm Cases: Efficient Causes within Networks, Absences and Sine Qua Non Causation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Efficient Causes Which Act Through Another Cause's Power\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: Medieval \u0026amp; Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: Medieval \u0026amp; Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20Medieval%20\u0026amp;%20Renaissance,%20c%20500%20to%20c%201600%20%5BHPCB%5D%22\"\u003eHPCB\u003c\/a\u003e], History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501089288472,"sku":"9781009225380","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009225380i.jpg?v=1786209276","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/aquinas-on-efficient-causation-and-causal-powers-paperback-softback-9781009225380","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}