Nature's Causes

by Richard J. Connell

Nature's Causes shows how the four kinds of cause first decribed by Aristotle are actually employed in the natural sciences. A work of this sort is useful today because many problems that historically were treated by philosophers are now raised from within the sciences themselves. Some or all of the causes are employed variously to account for natural things and their properties. An important part of the treatment consists in its showing how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820425974
• ISBN13: 9780820425979
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.