{"product_id":"cause-and-explanation-in-ancient-philosophy-9781032307442","title":"Cause and Explanation in Ancient Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers an updated analysis of the use, meaning, and scope of the classical notion of \u003ci\u003eaitia\u003c\/i\u003e. It clarifies philosophical and philological questions about \u003ci\u003eaitia\u003c\/i\u003e and offers bold and innovative interpretations of this key concept of ancient philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe numerous meanings and nuances of \u003ci\u003eaitia \u003c\/i\u003eremain difficult to grasp. Ancient philosophers use \u003ci\u003eaitia\u003c\/i\u003e to explain the existence and activity of substances, bodies, souls, or gods. Paradoxically, its own definition remains difficult to establish. This book reconstructs some of the most important uses, variants, and scopes of the term \u003ci\u003eaitia\u003c\/i\u003e within different philosophical perspectives in antiquity, including early Greek philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, and Islamic philosophy. The chapters analyze metaphysical aspects, epistemological issues, and logical implications of \u003ci\u003eaitia\u003c\/i\u003e. They engage with the most relevant critical literature generated in several modern languages. In doing s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eAlberto Ross \u003c\/i\u003e1. Note on the original meaning of Greek aitios \u003ci\u003eDavid Lévystone \u003c\/i\u003e2. What good is the Form of the Good?\u003ci\u003e Mary Margaret McCabe \u003c\/i\u003e3. That’s What Makes the World Go Round: Causation in the Myth in the \u003ci\u003eStatesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSaloni de Souza and Daniel Vázquez \u003c\/i\u003e4. Chance, Necessity and Demiurgic Causation in the \u003ci\u003eTimaeus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eViktor Ilievski \u003c\/i\u003e5. Causality and Explanation in Aristotle: \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eeidos\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e tropos\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlberto Ross \u003c\/i\u003e6. Aristotle \u003ci\u003ewith \u003c\/i\u003eprime matter \u003ci\u003eCristina Viano \u003c\/i\u003e7. Aristotle on the efficiency of accidental causes \u003ci\u003eJosé María Llovet Abascal \u003c\/i\u003e8. The Relevance of Environmental Conditions as Causes for Animal Generation in Aristotle \u003ci\u003eMaría-Elena García-Peláez \u003c\/i\u003e9. Aristotle’s causes and the problem of the necessity of our actions \u003ci\u003eCarlo Natali \u003c\/i\u003e10. Theories of Causation in Early Stoicism\u003ci\u003e Daniel Vázquez \u003c\/i\u003e11. The scientific epistemology of al-Naẓẓām \u003ci\u003eMichael Chase \u003c\/i\u003e12. Recovering Causality? Ibn Taymiyya on the Creation of the World \u003ci\u003eLuis Xavier López-Farjeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018963943767,"sku":"9781032307442","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cause-and-explanation-in-ancient-philosophy-9781032307442","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}