Efficient Causation

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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...
Monograph | Posted 21/12/2015
Hulswit, Menno (2002). From Cause to Causation: A Peircean Perspective
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....

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 a compulsion determined by the particular condition of things, and is a compulsion acting to make that situation begin to change in a perfectly...

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...
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...