This study of the questions of final causality is arranged in historical order from Aristotle to contemporary anthropic-principle cosmology. It discusses such teleological issues as chance and providence, and Aristotle's definition of nature in relation to extrinsic efficient and final causes.
| ISBN: | 9780813230566 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2018 |
| Author: | Richard F Hassing |
| Publisher: | The Catholic University of America Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Western philosophy from c 1800 |