Occasionalism and the Debate about Causation in Early Modern Germany

This is the first book to focus on occasionalism in early modern German philosophy. It demonstrates that occasionalism provided a strong foundation for the thought of four important yet underexamined German philosophers: Erhard Weigel, Johann Christoph Sturm, Christian Wolff, and Gottfried Ploucquet.

Occasionalism is most often associated with Cartesian early modern Christian philosophers, the most...