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This book investigates Aristotelian psychology through his works
and commentaries on them, including De Sensu, De Memoria and De
Somno et Vigilia. Authors present original research papers inviting
readers to consider the provenance of Aristotelian ideas and
interpretations of them, on topics ranging from reality to dreams
and spirituality. Aristotle's doctrine of the 'common sense', his
notion of transparency and the generation of colours are amongst
the themes explored. Chapters are presented chronologically,
enabling the reader to trace influences across the boundaries of
linguistic traditions. Commentaries from historical figures
featured in this work include those of Michael of Ephesus (c.
1120), Albert the Great and Gersonides' (1288-1344). Discoveries in
9th-century Arabic adaptations, Byzantine commentaries and
Renaissance paraphrases of Aristotle's work are also presented. The
editors' introduction outlines the main historical developments of
the themes discussed, preparing the reader for the cross-cultural
and interdisciplinary perspectives presented in this work. Scholars
of philosophy and psychology and those with an interest in
Aristotelianism will highly value the original research that is
presented in this work. The Introduction and Chapter 4 of this book
are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License via link.springer.com.
This book is an introduction to trinitarian theology as it
developed from the late medieval period. John T. Slotemaker
presents an overview of the central aspects of trinitarian theology
by focusing on four themes: theological epistemology, the
emanations in God, the divine relations, and the Trinity of
persons. He does so by exploring a broad range of theological
opinions on each subject and delineating the options that existed
for medieval theologians from the early thirteenth century through
the sixteenth. He argues that despite the diversity of opinion on a
given subject, there is a normative theological center that grounds
late medieval trinitarian theology. This center consists of
theological developments involving the adoption of Peter Lombard's
Sentences as a theological textbook, the conciliar decisions of
Lateran IV, and a shared Aristotelian philosophical background of
Western trinitarian theology.
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This volume begins with excerpts from Aquinas' commentary on De
Anima, excerpts that proceed from a general consideration of soul
as common to all living things to a consideration of the animal
soul and, finally, to what is peculiar to the human soul. These are
followed by the Treatise on Man, Aquinas' most famous discussion of
human nature, but one whose organization is dictated by theological
concerns and whose philosophical importance is thus best
appreciated when seen as presented here: within the historical
philosophical framework of which it constitutes a development.
Aquinas' discussions of the will and the passions follow, providing
fruitful points of comparison with other philosophers.
This book describes how and why the early modern period witnessed
the marginalisation of astrology in Western natural philosophy, and
the re-adoption of the cosmological view of the existence of a
plurality of worlds in the universe, allowing the possibility of
extraterrestrial life. Founded in the mid-1990s, the discipline of
astrobiology combines the search for extraterrestrial life with the
study of terrestrial biology - especially its origins, its
evolution and its presence in extreme environments. This book
offers a history of astrobiology's attempts to understand the
nature of life in a larger cosmological context. Specifically, it
describes the shift of early modern cosmology from a paradigm of
celestial influence to one of celestial inhabitation. Although
these trends are regarded as consequences of Copernican cosmology,
and hallmarks of a modern world view, they are usually addressed
separately in the historical literature. Unlike others, this book
takes a broad approach that examines the relationship of the two.
From Influence to Inhabitation will benefit both historians of
astrology and historians of the extraterrestrial life debate, an
audience which includes researchers and advanced students studying
the history and philosophy of astrobiology. It will also appeal to
historians of natural philosophy, science, astronomy and theology
in the early modern period.
This volume is a collection of essays on a special theme in
Aristotelian philosophy of mind: the internal senses. The first
part of the volume is devoted to the central question of whether or
not any internal senses exist in Aristotle's philosophy of mind
and, if so, how many and how they are individuated. The provocative
claim of chapter one is that Aristotle recognizes no such internal
sense. His medieval Latin interpreters, on the other hand, very
much thought that Aristotle did introduce a number of internal
senses as shown in the second chapter. The second part of the
volume contains a number of case studies demonstrating the
philosophical background of some of the most influential topics
covered by the internal senses in the Aristotelian tradition and in
contemporary philosophy of mind. The focus of the case studies is
on memory, imagination and estimation. Chapters introduce the
underlying mechanisms of memory and recollection taking its cue
from Aristotle but reaching into early modern philosophy as well as
studying composite imagination in Avicenna's philosophy of mind.
Further topics include the Latin reception of Avicenna's estimative
faculty and the development of the internal senses as well as
offering an account of the logic of objects of imagination.
This new and updated edition of Christopher Shields and Robert
Pasnau's The Philosophy of Aquinas introduces the Aquinas'
overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary
background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range
of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human
nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory.
Although not intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of all
aspects of Aquinas' far-reaching writings, the volume presents a
systematic introduction to the principal areas of his philosophy
and attends no less to Aquinas' methods and argumentative
strategies than to his ultimate conclusions. The authors have
updated the second edition in light of recent scholarship on
Aquinas, while streamlining and refining their presentation of the
key elements of Aquinas' philosophy.
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