Buridan's Radical View of Final Causality and Its Influence

In his commentary on Aristotle's Physics, John Buridan (c. 1300-1361) presents his well-known rejection of final causality. The main problem he sees with it is that it requires the cause to exist before the effect. Despite this, he retains the terminology of ends. This has led to some difficult...

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Main Author: Lagerlund, Henrik 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2023
In: American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 97, Issue: 2, Pages: 211-226
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