Aquinas on Human Self-Knowledge

Informationen zum Autor Therese Scarpelli Cory is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Klappentext A study of Aquinas's theory of self-knowledge, situated within the mid-thirteenth-century debate and his own maturing thought on human nature. Zusammenfassung This engaging treatment of Aquinas's theory of self-knowledge provides a comprehensive look at a neglected aspect of medieval philosophy! from both a historical and a philosophical perspective. It will be valuable to specialists and advanced students in medieval philosophy! the philosophy of mind and the history of ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Historical and Textual Origins: 1. The development of a medieval debate; 2. The trajectory of Aquinas's theory of self-knowledge, 1252-72; Part II. Phenomena and Problems: 3. Perceiving myself: the content of actual self-awareness; 4. Perceiving myself: is self-awareness an intuitive act?; 5. The significance of self-presence: habitual self-awareness; 6. Implicit vs explicit self-awareness and the duality of conscious thought; 7. Discovering the soul's nature: quidditative self-knowledge; 8. Self-knowledge and psychological personhood; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Therese Scarpelli Cory, Therese Scarpelli (Seattle University) Cory, Cory Therese Scarpelli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2015
• EAN: 9781316502334
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50233-4
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Medieval Western philosophy