The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

The French philosopher and theologian Nicholas Malebranche was one of the most important thinkers of the early modern period. A bold and unorthodox thinker, he tried to synthesize the new philosophy of Descartes with the religious Platonism of St. Augustine. This is the first collection of essays to address Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically. There are chapters devoted to Malebranche's metaphysics, his doctrine of the soul, his epistemology, the celebrated debate with Arnauld, his philosophical method, his occasionalism and theory of causality, his philosophical theology, his account of freedom, his moral philosophy, and his intellectual legacy. Malebranche And Method / Thomas M. Lennon -- Malebranche On The Soul / Nicholas Jolley -- Malebranche On Ideas And The Vision In God / Tad M. Schmaltz -- The Malebranche-arnauld Debate / Denis Moreau -- Malebranche On Causation / Steven Nadler -- Metaphysics And Philosophy / Jean-christophe Bardout -- Malebranche's Theodicy / Donald Rutherford -- Malebranche On Human Freedom / Elmar J. Kremer -- Malebranche's Moral Philosophy : Divine And Human Justice / Patrick Riley -- The Critical Reception Of Malebranche, From His Own Time To The End Of The Eighteenth Century / Stuart Brown -- Malebranche's Life And Legacy / André Robinet. Edited By Steven Nadler. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 305-316) And Index. This is a collection of essays addressing Malebranche's thought. It includes his ideas on metaphysics, doctrine of the soul, epistemology, philosophical method, occasionalism and theory of causality, philosophical theology and his account of freedom

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