Subjectivity And Selfhood In Medieval And Early Modern Philosophy

Author : Jari Kaukua,Tomas Ekenberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319269146

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Subjectivity and Selfhood in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy by Jari Kaukua,Tomas Ekenberg Pdf

This book is a collection of studies on topics related to subjectivity and selfhood in medieval and early modern philosophy. The individual contributions approach the theme from a number of angles varying from cognitive and moral psychology to metaphysics and epistemology. Instead of a complete overview on the historical period, the book provides detailed glimpses into some of the most important figures of the period, such as Augustine, Avicenna, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Hume. The questions addressed include the ethical problems of the location of one's true self and the proper distribution of labour between desire, passion and reason, and the psychological tasks of accounting for subjective experience and self-knowledge and determining different types of self-awareness.

Author : Udo Thiel
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199542499

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The Early Modern Subject by Udo Thiel Pdf

Udo Thiel presents a critical evaluation of the understanding of self-consciousness and personal identity in early modern philosophy. He explores over a century of European philosophical debate from Descartes to Hume, and argues that our interest in human subjectivity remains strongly influenced by the conceptual framework of early modern thought.

Author : Heikki Haara
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031553042

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Common Good and Self-Interest in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy by Heikki Haara Pdf

Author : Kenneth F. Barber,Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791495735

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Individuation and Identity in Early Modern Philosophy by Kenneth F. Barber,Jorge J. E. Gracia Pdf

Philosophy in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries has traditionally been characterized as being primarily concerned with epistemological issues. This book is not intended to overturn this characterization but rather to balance it through an examination of equally important metaphysical, or ontological, positions held, explicitly or implicitly, by philosophers in this period. Major philosophers whose views are discussed in this book include Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Leibniz, Wolff, and Kant. In addition, the contributors of minor Cartesians, especially Regis and Desgabets, are analyzed in a separate chapter. Although the views of early modern philosophers on individuation and identity have been discussed before, these discussions have usually been treated as asides in a larger context. This book is the first to concentrate on the problems of individuation and identity in early modern philosophy and to trace their philosophical development through the period in a coherent way.

Author : R. J. Snell,Steven F. McGuire
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498513197

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Subjectivity by R. J. Snell,Steven F. McGuire Pdf

Modern thought is sometimes presented as introducing a “turn to the subject” absent from ancient and medieval thought, although the schools of thought associated with Bernard Lonergan, Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss, and the new natural law theory often find subjectivity already operative in the older forms. In this volume, sixteen leading scholars examine the turn to the subject in modern philosophy and consider its historical antecedents in ancient and medieval thought.

Author : Anselm Oelze
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004363779

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Animal Rationality by Anselm Oelze Pdf

In Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350, Anselm Oelze offers the first comprehensive and systematic exploration of theories of animal rationality in the later Middle Ages.

Author : Dan Zahavi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262265171

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Subjectivity and Selfhood by Dan Zahavi Pdf

What is a self? Does it exist in reality or is it a mere social construct—or is it perhaps a neurologically induced illusion? The legitimacy of the concept of the self has been questioned by both neuroscientists and philosophers in recent years. Countering this, in Subjectivity and Selfhood, Dan Zahavi argues that the notion of self is crucial for a proper understanding of consciousness. He investigates the interrelationships of experience, self-awareness, and selfhood, proposing that none of these three notions can be understood in isolation. Any investigation of the self, Zahavi argues, must take the first-person perspective seriously and focus on the experiential givenness of the self. Subjectivity and Selfhood explores a number of phenomenological analyses pertaining to the nature of consciousness, self, and self-experience in light of contemporary discussions in consciousness research. Philosophical phenomenology—as developed by Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, and others—not only addresses crucial issues often absent from current debates over consciousness but also provides a conceptual framework for understanding subjectivity. Zahavi fills the need—given the recent upsurge in theoretical and empirical interest in subjectivity—for an account of the subjective or phenomenal dimension of consciousness that is accessible to researchers and students from a variety of disciplines. His aim is to use phenomenological analyses to clarify issues of central importance to philosophy of mind, cognitive science, developmental psychology, and psychiatry. By engaging in a dialogue with other philosophical and empirical positions, says Zahavi, phenomenology can demonstrate its vitality and contemporary relevance.

Author : Anselm Oelze
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030670122

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Animal Minds in Medieval Latin Philosophy by Anselm Oelze Pdf

This sourcebook explores how the Middle Ages dealt with questions related to the mental life of creatures great and small. It makes accessible a wide range of key Latin texts from the fourth to the fourteenth century in fresh English translations. Specialists and non-specialists alike will find many surprising insights in this comprehensive collection of sources on the medieval philosophy of animal minds. The book’s structure follows the distinction between the different aspects of the mental. The author has organized the material in three main parts: cognition, emotions, and volition. Each part contains translations of texts by different medieval thinkers. The philosophers chosen include well-known figures like Augustine, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas. The collection also profiles the work of less studied thinkers like John Blund, (Pseudo-)Peter of Spain, and Peter of Abano. In addition, among those featured are several translated here into English for the first time. Each text comes with a short introduction to the philosopher, the context, and the main arguments of the text plus a section with bibliographical information and recommendations for further reading. A general introduction to the entire volume presents the basic concepts and questions of the philosophy of animal minds and explains how the medieval discussion relates to the contemporary debate. This sourcebook is valuable for anyone interested in the history of philosophy, especially medieval philosophy of mind. It will also appeal to scholars and students from other fields, such as psychology, theology, and cultural studies.

Author : Margaret Cameron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429019593

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Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages by Margaret Cameron Pdf

Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages provides an outstanding overview to a tumultuous 900-year period of discovery, innovation, and intellectual controversy that began with the Roman senator Boethius (c480-524) and concluded with the Franciscan theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus (c1266-1308). Relatively neglected in philosophy of mind, this volume highlights the importance of philosophers such as Abelard, Duns Scotus, and the Persian philosopher and polymath Avicenna to the history of philosophy of mind. Following an introduction by Margaret Cameron, twelve specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors discuss key topics, thinkers and debates, including: mental perception; Avicenna and the intellectual abstraction of intelligibles; Duns Scotus; soul, will, and choice in Islamic and Jewish contexts; perceptual experience; the systematization of the passions; the complexity of the soul and the problem of unity; the phenomenology of immortality; morality; and the self. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, medieval philosophy, and the history of philosophy, Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as Religion.

Author : Juhana Toivanen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004438460

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The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy by Juhana Toivanen Pdf

In The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy Juhana Toivanen investigates the foundations of human social life through the Aristotelian notion of ‘political animal’, as it was used in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Author : Gyula Klima
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781527522060

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Consciousness and Self-Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy by Gyula Klima Pdf

Contemporary introductions to the theme of self-knowledge too often trace its emergence in the history of philosophy to thinkers such as René Descartes and David Hume. Whereas Descartes conceives of self-knowledge as intimate and first-personal, Hume contends that it is limited to our awareness of our impressions and ideas. In point of fact, self-knowledge is a perennial theme. We may, for instance, trace the lineage of Hume and Descartes on these matters to Aristotle and Plato, respectively. This volume studies philosophical treatments of self-knowledge in the Medieval Latin West. It comprises two sets of papers; the first is taken from an author-meets-critics session on Therese Scarpelli-Cory’s Aquinas on Human Self Knowledge, which advances the thesis that Aquinas’s theory of self-knowledge wherein the intellect grasps itself in its activity bridges the divide between mediated and first-personal self-knowledge. The second set of papers discuss self-knowledge in terms of self-fulfilment. Authors look to Aquinas’s account of how we can know when we have acquired the virtues necessary for human happiness, as well as the medieval traditions of mysticism and theology, which offer accounts of transformative self-knowledge, the fulfilment that this brings to our emotional and physical selves, and the authority to teach and counsel about what this awareness confers.

Author : Martina Reuter,Frans Svensson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351202817

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Mind, Body, and Morality by Martina Reuter,Frans Svensson Pdf

The turn of the millennium has been marked by new developments in the study of early modern philosophy. In particular, the philosophy of René Descartes has been reinterpreted in a number of important and exciting ways, specifically concerning his work on the mind-body union, the connection between objective and formal reality, and his status as a moral philosopher. These fresh interpretations have coincided with a renewed interest in overlooked parts of the Cartesian corpus and a sustained focus on the similarities between Descartes’ thought and the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Mind, Body, and Morality consists of fifteen chapters written by scholars who have contributed significantly to the new turn in Descartes and Spinoza scholarship. The volume is divided into three parts. The first group of chapters examines different metaphysical and epistemological problems raised by the Cartesian mind-body union. Part II investigates Descartes’ and Spinoza’s understanding of the relations between ideas, knowledge, and reality. Special emphasis is put on Spinoza’s conception of the relation between activity and passivity. Finally, the last part explores different aspects of Descartes’ moral philosophy, connecting his views to important predecessors, Augustine and Abelard, and comparing them to Spinoza.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004413030

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Medieval Perceptual Puzzles by Anonim Pdf

Medieval Perceptual Puzzles: Theories of Sense Perception in the 13th and 14th Centuries is an anthology of texts offering an in-depth analysis of Latin medieval theories of sense-perception. The volume offers historical and systematic approaches to themes and questions that have shaped the medieval accounts of sense-perception.

Author : Karolina Hübner,Karolina Hubner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190876371

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Human by Karolina Hübner,Karolina Hubner Pdf

This volume investigates what it means to be human. Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, and gods? And what are the ethical and political consequences of how we answer this question? How have our views on this changed from the times of the ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers? What do contemporary evolutionary biologists and advocates of uploading human consciousness onto computers think about it? This volume collects new essays from leading scholars in philosophy, history, and other disciplines to explore these and numerous other questions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004537712

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Rationality in Perception in Medieval Philosophy by Anonim Pdf

How we come to know the external world has intrigued thinkers throughout the history of philosophy. Medieval philosophers understood that a theory of perception requires an account of the categorization of sensory information: to perceive things as being dangerous or beneficial and even as being individuals that belong to certain kinds (e.g., ‘this is a dog’). A key question is whether this requires the intervention of rational cognitive capacities, cooperating with sensory ones in normal instances of perception. The contributions to this volume investigate how thinkers from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries answer this and other related questions about human perception. Contributors are Fabrizio Amerini, Joël Biard, Véronique Decaix, Christian Kny, Lydia Schumacher, José Filipe Silva, and Jörg Alejandro Tellkamp.