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Zusatztext Gregoric is no doubt right that this power deserves extended study! and his Part III accounts of its various functions are genuinely illuminating. Informationen zum Autor Paul Gregoric is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Klappentext Pavel Gregoric presents a detailed investigation into the Aristotelian concept of the common sense, which explains complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include perceiving that the same object is white and sweet, or knowing that one's senses are inactive. Zusammenfassung Pavel Gregoric presents a detailed investigation into the Aristotelian concept of the common sense, which explains complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include perceiving that the same object is white and sweet, or knowing that one's senses are inactive. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The Framework 1: Aristotle's project and method 2: The perceptual capacity of the soul 3: The sensory apparatus 4: The common sense and the related capacities Part II: The Terminology 1: Overlooked occurrences of the phrase 'common sense' 2: De Anima III.1 425a27 3: De Partibus Animalium IV.10 686a31 4: De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 450a10 5: De Anima III.7 431b5 6: Conclusions on the terminology Part III: Functions of the common sense 1: Simultaneous perception and cross-modal binding 2: Perceptual discrimination 3: Waking, sleep, and control of the senses 4: Perceiving that we see and hear, and monitoring of the senses 5: Other roles of the common sense Conclusion Appendix Bibliography General Index Index of Passages
