Aristotle's Concept of Mind - Couverture souple

Jiménez, Erick Raphael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1316645436 ISBN 13 : 9781316645437

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

In this book, Erick Raphael Jiménez examines Aristotle's concept of mind (nous), a key concept in Aristotelian psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology. Drawing on a close analysis of De Anima, Jiménez argues that mind is neither disembodied nor innate, as has commonly been held, but an embodied ability that emerges from learning and discovery. Looking to Aristotle's metaphysics and epistemology, Jiménez argues that just as Aristotelian mind is not innate, intelligibility is not an innate feature of the objects of Aristotelian mind, but an outcome of certain mental constructions that make those objects intelligible. Conversely, it is through these same mental constructions that thinkers become intelligent, or come to possess minds. Connecting this account to Aristotle's metaphysics and epistemology, Jiménez shows how this concept of mind fits within Aristotle's wider philosophy. His bold interpretation will interest a wide range of readers in ancient and later philosophy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1316645436
• ISBN 13: 9781316645437
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 274
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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