Aristotle's On the Soul
A Critical Guide
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- Editor: Caleb Cohoe, Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Date Published: January 2022
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Aristotle's On the Soul aims to uncover the principle of life, what Aristotle calls psuchē (soul). For Aristotle, soul is the form which gives life to a body and causes all its living activities, from breathing to thinking. Aristotle develops a general account of all types of living through examining soul's causal powers. The thirteen new essays in this Critical Guide demonstrate the profound influence of Aristotle's inquiry on biology, psychology and philosophy of mind from antiquity to the present. They deepen our understanding of his key concepts, including form, reason, capacity, and activity. This volume situates Aristotle in his intellectual context and draws judiciously from his other works as well as the history of interpretation to shed light on his intricate views. It also highlights ongoing interpretive debates and Aristotle's continuing relevance. It will prove invaluable for researchers in ancient philosophy and the history of science and ideas.
Read more- Lays out how Aristotle uses soul as a unified principle to explain living activities and examines the sorts of causation which this involves
- Situates Aristotle in his intellectual context, showing readers how his theories build on and differ from those of his predecessors and how they set the agenda for future works
- Draws judiciously on Aristotle's other works and the history of interpretation to shed light on his intricate views
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‘Aristotle’s On the Soul: A Critical Guide represents an important step towards showing that Aristotle’s ideas are relevant to twenty-first century investigations of the mind … The book offers a number of well-researched and philosophically interesting engagements with Aristotle’s text.’ Justin Humphreys, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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- Date Published: January 2022
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781108624558
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction Caleb M. Cohoe
1. Hylomorphic explanation and the scientific status of the DE Anima C. D. C. Reeve
2. Aristotle on earlier definitions of soul and their explanatory power: DA 1.2-5 Jason W. Carter
3. Why nous cannot be a magnitude: DE anima 1.3 Krisanna Scheiter
4. Souls among forms: Harmonies and Aristotle's hylomorphism Christopher Shields
5. Aristotle on the soul's unity Christopher Frey
6. Aristotle on seed Jessica Gelber
7. The gate to reality: Aristotle's basic account of perception Klaus Corcilius
8. Aristotle on the objects of perception Mark a. Johnstone
9. Awareness and self-awareness in the Aristotelian tradition Katerina Ierodiakonou
10. Phantasia and error Rosemary Twomey
11. Intelligibility, insight, and intelligence Sean Kelsey
12. The separability of nous Caleb M. Cohoe
13. Thought and imagination: Aristotle's dual process psychology of action Caleb M. Cohoe
Bibliography
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