Faculties - A History

Informationen zum Autor Dominik Perler is Professor of Philosophy at Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. He previously taught at Oxford and Basel and has had visiting appointments at UCLA, Tel Aviv, Wisconsin-Madison and Princeton. He is Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Arts and Science. His research focuses on medieval and early modern philosophy Klappentext We often explain the activities of human and non-human animals by referring to their special faculties. But what are faculties? How do they work? And how can they be individuated? This book discusses these questions, covering a wide period from Plato up to contemporary debates about faculties as modules of the mind. Zusammenfassung We often explain the activities of human and non-human animals by referring to their special faculties. But what are faculties? How do they work? And how can they be individuated? This book discusses these questions, covering a wide period from Plato up to contemporary debates about faculties as modules of the mind.

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• Authors: Dominik Perler, Dominik (EDT) Perler, Dominik (Professor of Philosophy Perler
• Assisted by: Dominik Perler (Editor), Dominik (Professor of Philosophy Perler (Editor), Perler Dominik (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2015
• EAN: 9780199935253
• ISBN: 978-0-19-993525-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: OXFORD PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, HISTORY / Social History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology