Aristotle''s Concept of Mind

A fresh interpretation of this important and widely misunderstood concept as an acquired ability to make principles and essences intelligible.

Sommario

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Preliminaries to Aristotle's Concept of Mind: 1. A dialectical argument in DA III.4; 2. The model of explanation in Aristotelian psychology; 3. Mind in body: Aristotelian arguments for embodiment; Part II. The Activity of Aristotelian Mind: 4. Making things intelligible: a commentary on DA III.5; Part III. The Objects of Aristotelian Mind: 5. Aristotelian essences: a commentary on Met. VII.4-12; 6. Aristotelian principles: a commentary on APo II.19; Part IV. Aristotle on Thinking: The Time-Perception Model of Thinking: 7. Aristotle's concept of time: a commentary on Phys. IV.10-4; 8. The role of time in Aristotle's account of perception; 9. Mind and time in Aristotle's account of meaning; Epilogue; Works cited.

Info autore

Erick Raphael Jiménez is Lecturer in Philosophy at California State University, Northridge.

Riassunto

This book challenges flawed readings of Aristotle's psychology, offering the first book-length treatment in English of his thinking about mind. Scholars of ancient Greek philosophy, and particularly of Aristotelian psychology, will find this original interpretation highly valuable. It will also appeal to historians of later philosophy and to modern philosophers of mind.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erick Raphael Jimenez, Erick Raphael (California State Universit Jimenez, Erick Raphael (California State University Jimenez, Erick Raphael Jiménez
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781107194182
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19418-2
• Pagine: 274
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; SCIENCE / History, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History of Science, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory