Cosmos and Perception in Plato''s Timaeus - In the Eye of the Cognitive Storm

This volume offers a wide-ranging study on perception in the Timaeus, not only discussing senses such as touch, taste, and olfaction alongside audition and vision, but also engaging with Timaeus' wider cosmological project. Suitable for students and scholars of the Timaeus and Plato's thought.

Sommario

1. Proemium; 2. Cosmogony; 3. Psychogony; 4. Cognitive Revolution; 5. Embodiment; 6. The End of Vision and Audition; 7. Common Path¿mata; 8. Peculiar Path¿mata; 9. The Anatomy of Tripartition; 10. The Bonds of Life.

Info autore

Mark Eli Kalderon is a Professor of Philosophy at UCL and former editor of the Aristotelian Society. He is the author of Form without Matter, Empedocles and Aristotle on Color Perception (2015), and Sympathy in Perception (2017). His work focuses on philosophy of perception and its history.

Riassunto

This volume offers a wide-ranging study on perception in the Timaeus, not only discussing senses such as touch, taste, and olfaction alongside audition and vision, but also engaging with Timaeus’ wider cosmological project. Suitable for students and scholars of the Timaeus and Plato's thought.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Eli Kalderon, Mark Eli (University College London Kalderon, Kalderon Mark Eli
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032274706
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227470-6
• Pagine: 330
• Serie: Issues in Ancient Philosophy
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Philosophy of Mind, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500