Duns Scotus''s Theory of Cognition

Zusatztext Richard Cross's latest book on John Duns Scotus provides the first comprehensive study of the cognition theory advanced by this ingenious and understudied medieval thinker. Informationen zum Autor Richard Cross is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Before that he was Tutorial Fellow in Theology at Oriel College, Oxford from 1993 to 2007, and Professor of Medieval Theology from 2007. Klappentext Richard Cross provides the first full study of Duns Scotus's theory of cognition! examining his account of the processes involved in cognition! from sensation! through intuition and abstraction! to conceptual thought. Cross places Scotus's thought clearly within the context of 13th-century study on the mind! and of his intellectual forebears. Zusammenfassung Richard Cross provides the first full study of Duns Scotus's theory of cognition, examining his account of the processes involved in cognition, from sensation, through intuition and abstraction, to conceptual thought. Cross places Scotus's thought clearly within the context of 13th-century study on the mind, and of his intellectual forebears. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1 Sensation; 2 Intuitive cognition; 3 Abstractive cognition (1): abstraction and concept formation; 4 Abstractive cognition (2): intelligible species; 5 The ontological status of cognitive acts; 6 The production of cognitive acts; 7 The soul and its powers; 8 Semantic internalism and the grounds of intentionality; 9 Mental language and the nature of conceptual content; 10 The ontological status of mental content; Concluding remarks

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Revd Richard Cross, Richard Cross, Richard (University of Notre Dame) Cross, Tutorial Fellow in Theology Oriel College a Cross
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 11.09.2014
• EAN: 9780199684885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968488-5
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy