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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 offers a much needed shift of focus in the study of emotion in the history of philosophy. Discussion has tended to focus on the moral relevance of emotions, and (except in ancient philosophy) the role of emotions in cognitive life has received little attention. Thirteen new essays investigate the continuities between medieval and early modern thinking about the emotions, and open up a contemporary debate on the relationship between emotions, cognition, and reason, and the way emotions figure in our own cognitive lives. A team of leading philosophers of the medieval, renaissance, and early modern periods explore these ideas from the point of view of four key themes: the situation of emotions within the human mind; the intentionality of emotions and their role in cognition; emotions and action; the role of emotion in self-understanding and the social situation of individuals. 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 PickavÃ(c) 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 PickavÃ(c): 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: F...
