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Zusatztext Emotion and Cognitive Life in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy is a highly readable and carefully edited volume that gives a balanced... picture of the philosophy of emotions from Augustine to Hume. Informationen zum Autor Lisa Shapiro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of numerous articles on Descartes, with a specific focus on how his writings on the passions sheds light on his account of human nature, and on writings of early modern women thinkers. She is also the editor and translator of The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes. Her current research is focussed on Spinoza, Condillac, and Hume.; Martin Pickavé is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Medieval Studies at University of Toronto. He specializes in later medieval philosophy of mind and metaphysics, and is working on a monograph on medieval theories of the emotions. Klappentext This volume explores emotion in medieval and early modern thought, and opens a contemporary debate on the way emotions figure in our cognitive lives. Thirteen original essays explore the key themes of emotion within the mind; the intentionality of emotions; emotions and action; and the role of emotion in self-understanding and social situations. this excellent volume provides a valuable overview of medieval debates about how to situate the passions within the mind and the role of the passions in cognition. It also provides some interesting and insightful essays on various subjects pertaining to early modern views on the passions and cognition, which help to show how early modern theories of the passions emerge from this medieval background. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the burgeoning field of work on the history of the passions and for contemporary philosophers interested in the connection between emotions and cognition. Matthew J. Kisner, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Zusammenfassung This volume explores emotion in medieval and early modern thought, and opens a contemporary debate on the way emotions figure in our cognitive lives. Thirteen original essays explore the key themes of emotion within the mind; the intentionality of emotions; emotions and action; and the role of emotion in self-understanding and social situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Abbreviations 1: Martin Pickavé and Lisa Shapiro: Introduction 2: Peter King: Dispassionate Passions 3: Dominik Perler: Why is the Sheep Afraid of the Wolf? Medieval Debates on Animal Passions 4: Ian Drummond: John Duns Scotus on the Passions of the Will 5: Claude Pannaccio: Intellections and Volitions in Ockham's Nominalism 6: Martin Pickavé: Emotion and Cognition in Later Medieval Philosophy: The Case of Adam Wodeham 7: Simo Knuuttila: Sixteenth-Century Discussions of the Passions of the Will 8: Sabrina Ebbersmeyer: The Philosopher as a Lover: Renaissance Debates on Platonic Eros 9: Paul Hoffman: Reasons, Causes, and Inclinations 10: Dennis Des Chene: Using the Passions 11: Lisa Shapiro: How We Experience the World: Passionate Perception in Descartes and Spinoza 12: Deborah Brown: Agency and Attention in Malebranche's Theory of Cognition 13: Lilli Alanen: Spinoza on Passions and Self-Knowledge: The Case of Pride 14: Amy M. Schmitter: Family Trees: Sympathy, Comparison and the Proliferation of the Passions in Hume and his Predecessors Index ...
