Chrysostom Javellus and Francis Silvestri on Final Causation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21407752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Åkerlund (0000-0002-1904-6485, The Newman Institute Uppsala Sweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-57 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vivarium (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-7543 • E-ISSN: 1568-5349 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685349-06201002 |
| OpenAlex | W4393060266 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
For many areas of philosophy, we lack an understanding of their developments between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. One such area is the development of the notion of final causation. The rejection of final causation is often described as one of the distinguishing hallmarks of so called Early Modern philosophy in relation to the Scholastic philosophical tradition. Our lack of understanding of the development of this notion in philosophy therefore impedes our ability to write an adequate history of philosophy spanning these centuries. In this article, the notion of final causation as treated in the works of Chrysostom Javellus (1472–1538) and Francis Silvestri (of Ferrara) (1474–1526) is presented. It is argued that the treatment of final causation in these thinkers is already shaped by concerns regarding finality that we find in Early Modern philosophy
Causation · Epistemology · John Chrysostom · Modern philosophy · Relation (database) · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Philosophy and Science · History · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |