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Emotions and choice from Boethius to Descartes / edited by Henrik Lagerlund and Mikko Yrjönsuuri.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in the history of philosophy of mind ; v. 1.
- Studies in the history of philosophy of mind ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Act (Philosophy)--History.
- Act (Philosophy).
- Emotions (Philosophy)--History.
- Emotions (Philosophy).
- Philosophy of mind--History.
- Philosophy of mind.
- History.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 342 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
- Summary:
- The essays in this book give the first comprehensive picture of the medieval development of philosophical theories concerning the nature of emotions and the influence they have on human choice. The historical span reaches from the late ancient to the early modern philosophy, showing in detail how old and new ideas were bred and brought into the Middle Ages, and how they resulted in a genuinely modern perspective in the thought of Descartes. The essays are original contributions by a mixture of established senior scholars and promising young researchers writing on their own specialties. Since the essays look at the medieval theories of the emotions and the will with full awareness of contemporary philosophy of mind, they open up a whole new perspective on medieval philosophy.
- Contents:
- Goodness and Rational Choice in the Early Middle Ages / Calvin G. Normore 29
- Medieval Theories of the Passions of the Soul / Simo Knuuttila 49
- Weakness of Will: The Plurality of Medieval Explanations / Risto Saarinen 85
- Free Will and Self-Control in Peter Olivi / Mikko Yrjonsuuri 99
- Reflections on John Duns Scotus on the Will / John Boler 129
- A Nominalist Ontology of the Passions / Vesa Hirvonen 155
- Buridan's Theory of Free Choice and Its Influence / Henrik Lagerlund 173
- Emotions in Renaissance Humanism: Juan Luis Vives' De anima et vita / Lorenzo Casini 205
- Late Scholastic Theories of the Passions: Controversies in the Thomist Tradition / Peter King 229
- The Rationality of Cartesian Passions / Deborah Brown 259
- Descartes on the Will and the Power to do Otherwise / Lilli Alanen 279.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1402009933
- 1402010273
- OCLC:
- 50841512
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