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Occasionalism and mechanism: Fontenelle's objections to malebranche

2008; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 16; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09608780801969100

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Tad M. Schmaltz,

Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies

It is well known that the French Cartesian Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715) was both an occasionalist in metaphysics and a mechanist in physics. He consistently argued that God is the only true caus...