Perception and the internal senses : Peter of John Olivi on the cognitive functions of the sensitive soul / by Juhana Toivanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toivanen, Juhana.

Series:

Investigating medieval philosophy ; Volume 5.

Investigating Medieval Philosophy ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soul.

Cognition--Philosophy.

Cognition.

Perception (Philosophy).

Olivi, Pierre Jean, 1248 or 1249-1298.

Olivi, Pierre Jean.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, c2013.

Summary:

In Perception and the Internal Senses Juhana Toivanen advances a detailed philosophical reconstruction of Peter of John Olivi’s (ca. 1248-98) conception of the cognitive psychology of the sensitive (i.e. animal) soul. Like most medieval philosophers, Olivi thought that higher animals and human beings have many psychological capacities in common. The book analyses these capacities by concentrating on Olivi’s conception of the metaphysics of the soul, his theory of perception, and his views about the post-sensory cognitive power which medieval philosophers called the internal senses. Being the first monograph in English that concentrates on Olivi’s philosophical psychology, Perception and the Internal Senses enables us to understand better medieval ideas concerning animal psychology and the human/animal boundary.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

I Spiritual Nature of the Soul

II Soul’s Relation to the Body

III The Animal Soul

IV Perceptual Powers of the Soul

V Criticism of Earlier Theories of Perception

VI Active Nature of Perception

VII Attention and the Common Sense

VIII B odily Changes and Perception

IX Historical Background

X Unity of the Internal Senses

XI The Common Sense

XII Imagination

XIII Memory

XIV Estimation

XV Cogitative Power

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2013).

ISBN:

90-04-25090-5

OCLC:

842881655

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004250901 DOI