NECESSITY, CAUSE AND BLAME Perspectives on Aristotle's Theory Very Good

Cornell University Press, 1983

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Year of publication

1983

Author

Sorabji, Richard

Publishers

Cornell University Press

Keyword

Philosophers And Philosophy Aristotelianism & Aristotle

Cover description

Very Good

Binding description

Softcover ISBN 0801492440

Description

Spotting to textblock. A few pages with light pencilling. Minor wear to wraps. ; 326 pages; A discussion of Aristotle’s thought on determinism and culpability, Necessity, Cause, and Blame also reveals Richard Sorabji’s own philosophical commitments. He makes the original argument here that Aristotle separates the notions of necessity and cause, rejecting both the idea that all events are necessarily determined as well as the idea that a non-necessitated event must also be non-caused. In support of this argument, Sorabji engages in a wide-ranging discussion of explanation, time, free will, essence, and purpose in nature. He also provides historical perspective, arguing that these problems remain intimately bound up with modern controversies.