Transformations of the soul : Aristotelian psychology, 1250-1650 / / edited by Dominik Perler.

• TeilnehmendeR: Perler, Dominik.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2009
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Notes: Published as volume 46, no. 3 (2008) of Brill's Journal Vivarium.

Aristotle’s De anima shaped philosophical debates far beyond the Middle Ages and gave rise to a number of theories about the nature of the soul, its various functions and its relation to the body. The ten contributions to this book, a special issue of the journal Vivarium , examine some of these theories in the period between Albertus Magnus and Descartes. They pay particular attention to the question of how the metaphysical status of the soul and its parts was explained, and analyze Aristotelian accounts of cognitive activities such as perceiving, imagining and thinking. The ten case studies focus both on defenders of the Aristotelian paradigm and on its critics, arguing that one should not look for a moment of break with Aristotelianism, but for various stages of transformation. Contributors are Lilli Alanen, Joel Biard, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Richard Cross, Dag Hasse, Peter King, Ian Mclean, Martin Lenz, Lodi Nauta, Dominik Perler and Markus Wild.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / D. Perler -- Introduction / Dominik Perler -- The Early Albertus Magnus And His Arabic Sources On The Theory Of The Soul / Dag Nikolaus Hasse -- The Inner Cathedral: Mental Architecture In High Scholasticism / Peter King -- Some Varieties Of Semantic Externalism In Duns Scotus’s Cognitive Psychology / Richard Cross -- Why Is Thought Linguistic? Ockham’s Two Conceptions Of The Intellect / Martin Lenz -- Ame Intellective, Âme Cogitative: Jean De Jandun Et La Duplex Forma Propria De L’Homme / Jean-Baptiste Brenet -- Diversité Des Fonctions Et Unité De L’Âme Dans La Psychologie Péripatéticienne (Xive-Xvie Siècle) / Joël Biard -- From An Outsider’S Point Of View: Lorenzo Valla On The Soul / Lodi Nauta -- Cardano’s Eclectic Psychology And Its Critique By Julius Caesar Scaliger / Ian Maclean -- Cartesian Scientia And The Human Soul / LILLI Alanen -- Marin Cureau De La Chambre On The Natural Cognition Of The Vegetative Soul: An Early Modern Theory Of Instinct / Markus Wild.