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Chapter 7 - Averroes on Knowing Essences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2018

By
David Wirmer
Edited by
Peter Adamson  and
Matteo Di Giovanni
Peter Adamson
Affiliation:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
Matteo Di Giovanni
Affiliation:
Providence College, Rhode Island
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A study of Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle's De Anima, which explores the mechanism by which the human mind grasps the essences of things. It is shown that, in response to his fellow Andalusian philosopher Ibn Bajja, Averroes understands intellection to involve a reflexive activity whereby the mind grasps itself as a possessor of concepts. This allows him to avoid reifying intelligibles as mind-independent objects of thought.
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Interpreting Averroes
Critical Essays
 , pp. 116 - 137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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