The Crisis of Causality Voetius and Descartes on God, Nature and Change |
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| Author:
| van Ruler, Han |
| Series title: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-10371-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1995 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $190.95 |
Book Description:
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This book on the reception of Cartesianism in the Netherlands provides a detailed analysis of the arguments of Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) against the New Philosophyof René Descartes and explains Voetius' standpoint as an attempt to secure the philosophical basis for theology especially as regards God's government of the physical Universe.
This book on the reception of Cartesianism in the Netherlands provides a detailed analysis of the arguments of Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) against the New Philosophyof René Descartes and explains Voetius' standpoint as an attempt to secure the philosophical basis for theology especially as regards God's government of the physical Universe.