Overview

This text deals with the reaction of the Dutch Calvinist theologian Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) to the ""New Philosophy"" of Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Voetius not only criticised the Cartesian idea of a mechanical universe; he also foresaw that shifting conceptions of natural causality would make it impossible for theologians to explain the relationship between God and creation in philosophical terms. This threatened the status of theology as a scientific discipline. Apart from an analysis of the Scholastic and Cartesian notions of causality, the book also offers perspectives on related subjects such as 17th-century university training and the Cartesian method of science. It is intended to be of interest to students of 17th-century intellectual history, philosophy, theology and history of science.

Full Product Details

9789004103719

Table of Contents

Reviews

. ..an important book...Van Ruler has accomplished the, alas too rare, feat of writing historically contextualized history of philosophy. Margaret J. Osler, BJHS , 1997. Winner of the Praemium Erasmianum 1995.

...an important book...Van Ruler has accomplished the, alas too rare, feat of writing historically contextualized history of philosophy. Margaret J. Osler, BJHS, 1997. Winner of the Praemium Erasmianum 1995.

...an important book...Van Ruler has accomplished the, alas too rare, feat of writing historically contextualized history of philosophy. Margaret J. Osler, BJHS, 1997. Winner of the Praemium Erasmianum 1995.

Winner of the Praemium Erasmianum 1995. <br>' '...an important book...Van Ruler has accomplished the, alas too rare, feat of writing historically contextualized history of philosophy.<br>Margaret J. Osler, BJHS, 1997.<br>

Author Information

J.A. van Ruler, Ph.D. (1995) in Philosophy, University of Groningen, has published various studies on the history of seventeenth-century philosophy and theology and on the intellectual history of the Dutch Republic.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available