Intentionality, cognition, and mental representation in medieval philosophy / edited by Gyula Klima.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klima, Gyula, editor.

Series:

Medieval philosophy

Medieval philosophy, texts and studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Intentionality (Philosophy).

Cognition.

Representation (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xi, 359 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.

Summary:

It is commonly supposed that certain elements of medieval philosophy are uncharacteristically preserved in modern philosophical thought through the idea that mental phenomena are distinguished from physical phenomena by their intentionality, their intrinsic directedness toward some object. The many exceptions to this presumption, however, threaten its viability. This volume explores the intricacies and varieties of the conceptual relationships medieval thinkers developed among intentionality, cognition, and mental representation. Ranging from Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and Buridan through less-familiar writers, the collection sheds new light on the various strands that run between medieval and modern thought and bring us to a number of fundamental questions in the philosophy of mind as it is conceived today. Book jacket.

Contents:

Concepts and Meaning in Medieval Philosophy / Stephen Read Read, Stephen 9

Mental Language in Aquinas? / Joshua P. Hochschild Hochschild, Joshua P. 29

Causality and Cognition: An Interpretation of Henry of Ghent's Quodlibet V, q. 14 / Martin Pickavé Pickavé, Martin 46

Two Models of Thinking: Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus on Occurrent Thoughts / Giorgio Pini Pini, Giorgio 81

Thinking About Things: Singular Thought in the Middle Ages / Peter King King, Peter 104

Singular Terms and Vague Concepts in Late Medieval Mental Language Theory: Or, the Decline and Fall of Mental Language / Henrik Lagerlund Lagerlund, Henrik 122

Act, Species, and Appearance: Peter Auriol on Intellectual Cognition and Consciousness / Russell L. Friedman Friedman, Russell L. 141

Ockham's Externalism / Claude Panaccio Panaccio, Claude 166

Was Adam Wodeham an Internalist or an Externalist? / Elizabeth Karger Karger, Elizabeth 186

How Chatton Changed Ockham's Mind: William Ockham and Walter Chatton on Objects and Acts of Judgment / Susan Brower-Toland Brower-Toland, Susan 204

The Nature of Intentional Objects in Nicholas of Autrecourt's Theory of Knowledge / Christophe Grellard Grellard, Christophe 235

On the Several Senses of "Intentio" in Buridan / John Zupko Zupko, John 251

Mental Representation in Animals and Humans; Some Late Medieval Discussions / Olaf Pluta Pluta, Olaf 273

The Intersubjective Sameness of Mental Concepts in Late Scholastic Thought / Stephan Meier-Oeser Meier-Oeser, Stephan 287

Mental Representations and Concepts in Medieval Philosophy / Gyula Klima Klima, Gyula 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823262748

082326274X

9780823262755

0823262758

OCLC:

890814120