Final Causation
Keyword: Final Causation
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Article in Journal | Posted 02/02/2018 Pape, Helmut (1993). Final Causality in Peirce's Semiotics and His Classification of the Sciences Deals with the semiotics of philosopher Charles S. Peirce and his classification of the sciences. Final cause of the objects of science; Definition of natural classification; Information on the final...
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Article in Journal | Posted 28/01/2018 Santaella Braga, Lucia (1999). A New Causality for the Understanding of the Living |
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Article in Journal | Posted 16/09/2017 Hulswit, Menno (1997). Peirce's Teleological Approach to Natural Classes Shows that philosopher Charles S. Peirce's theory of natural classes is linked to his conception of final causation. Reasons for considering Peirce's theory of natural classes;...
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Article in Journal | Posted 13/03/2017 Hulswit, Menno (2001). Semeiotic and the Cement of the Universe: A Peircean Process Approach to Causation Develops a critical analysis of the concept of causation by Charles S. Peirce. Evolution of the concept of cause; Necessary conditions for a theory of causation; View of Peirce of the nature of the...
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Article in Journal | Posted 13/02/2016 Wang, Henry (2005). Rethinking the Validity and Significance of Final Causation: From the Aristotelian to the Peircean Teleology The article discusses the validity and significance of final causation in the context of modern theories of casual explanation and pragmatism by philosopher Charles Peirce. It identifies the...
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Article in Journal | Posted 05/01/2016 Boero, Hedy (2014). Towards the silvery peak: some keys to the evolution of Peirce’s Ethics Although it may seem a simple and obvious notion, Peirce’s conception of ethics has a complexity and richness which grew over the course of his entire intellectual life. The aim of this paper is to...
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Article in Journal | Posted 29/12/2015 Hawkins, Stephen B. (2007). Desire and Natural Classification: Aristotle and Peirce on Final Cause The article discusses the influence of Aristotle on philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, particularly on the topic of final cause. According to the article, an important hurdle to grasping and...
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Article in Journal | Posted 22/12/2015 Pape, Helmut (2007). The Natural and the Final: Some Problems with Short's Naturalistic Account of the Teleological Structure of Semiosis The article reviews the book "Peirce's Theory of Signs," by T. L. Short.
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Monograph | Posted 21/12/2015 Hulswit, Menno (2002). From Cause to Causation: A Peircean Perspective |
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Dictionary Entry | Posted 23/07/2015 Quote from "Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II)" Efficient causation is that kind of causation whereby the parts compose the whole; final causation is that kind of causation whereby the whole calls out its parts.... |
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Dictionary Entry | Posted 23/07/2015 Quote from "Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II)" Final causality cannot be imagined without efficient causality; but no whit the less on that account are their modes of action polar contraries. The sheriff would still have his fist, even if... |
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Dictionary Entry | Posted 23/07/2015 Quote from "Minute Logic: Chapter II. Prelogical Notions. Section I. Classification of the Sciences (Logic II)" The signification of the phrase “final cause” must be determined by its use in the statement of Aristotle that all causation divides into two grand branches, the efficient, or forceful; and the... |
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Article in Journal | Posted 28/04/2015 Slater, Gary (2014). A Peircean Response to the Evolutionary Debunking of Moral Knowledge The evolutionary debunking argument advanced by Sharon Street, Michael Ruse, and Richard Joyce employs the logic of Paul Griffiths and John Wilkins to contend that humans cannot have knowledge of...
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Article in Journal | Posted 30/10/2014 Ransdell, Joseph M. (2013). Kinds of Determinants of Semiosis I conclude from the examination of an example of semiosis that even though Peirce himself typically talks of two types of causation being involved, usually referred to as 'efficient' and...
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Encyclopedia Article | Posted 20/03/2012 Hulswit, Menno: "Teleology" In this article, Peirce’s conception of teleology or final causation is discussed. According to Peirce, final causes are (a) general types that tend to realize themselves by determining processes... |