On Aristotle's "On the Soul 1.1 2": On Aristotle's on the Soul 1.1 2 - Couverture rigide

Philoponus

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801444829 ISBN 13 : 9780801444821

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This text by Philoponus, the sixth-century commentator on Aristotle, is notable for its very informative Introduction to Psychology, which tells us the views of Philoponus, of his teacher and of later Neoplatonists on our psychological capacities and on mind-body relations. There is an unusual account of how reason can infer a universally valid conclusion from a single instance, and there are inherited views on the roles of intellect and perception in concept formation, and on the human ability to make reasoned decisions, celebrated by Aristotle, but here downgraded. Philoponus attacks Galen's view that psychological capacities follow, or result from, bodily chemistry; they merely supervene on that and can be counteracted. He has benefited from Galen's knowledge of the brain and nerves, but also propounds the Neoplatonist belief in tenuous bodies which after death support our irrational souls temporarily, or our reason eternally.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801444829
• ISBN 13: 9780801444821
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
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