Aristotle's On the Soul - A Critical Guide

Thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle's key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity.

List of contents

List of contributors; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction Caleb M. Cohoe; 1. Hylomorphic explanation and the scientific status of the DE Anima C. D. C. Reeve; 2. Aristotle on earlier definitions of soul and their explanatory power: DA 1.2-5 Jason W. Carter; 3. Why nous cannot be a magnitude: DE anima 1.3 Krisanna Scheiter; 4. Souls among forms: Harmonies and Aristotle's hylomorphism Christopher Shields; 5. Aristotle on the soul's unity Christopher Frey; 6. Aristotle on seed Jessica Gelber; 7. The gate to reality: Aristotle's basic account of perception Klaus Corcilius; 8. Aristotle on the objects of perception Mark a. Johnstone; 9. Awareness and self-awareness in the Aristotelian tradition Katerina Ierodiakonou; 10. Phantasia and error Rosemary Twomey; 11. Intelligibility, insight, and intelligence Sean Kelsey; 12. The separability of nous Caleb M. Cohoe; 13. Thought and imagination: Aristotle's dual process psychology of action Caleb M. Cohoe; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This volume presents thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle's key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity. It will prove invaluable for researchers in ancient philosophy and the history of science and ideas.

Product details

• Assisted by: Caleb Cohoe (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9781108725262
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72526-2
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Humanities, History of Western philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500