http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3278/joao-b-farias-jr Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:48:14 -0400 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:48:14 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1327/hans-jonas-critique-of-the-modern-concept-of-causality By Joao B. Farias Jr - Hans Jonas main objective in his book The phenomenon of life is to offer an interpretation of the phenomenon of Being that is neither conditioned to dualism nor to a partial conception of being, such as those developed by idealism and by materialism. This essay presents some considerations concerning the Jonasian critique of the concept of causality as formulated by Kant and by Hume. After all, Jonas maintains that, because his ontology is based in the organic phenomenon of life, it requires a revision of what one understands as causality. The senses, or rather, the body that senses itself, is... Fri, 15 Jan 2016 02:36 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1327/hans-jonas-critique-of-the-modern-concept-of-causality