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The powers of Aristotle's soul / by Thomas Kjeller Johansen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johansen, T. K., author.
- Series:
- Oxford Aristotle studies.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. De anima.
- Aristotle.
- Aristotle--Psychology.
- Soul.
- Philosophy of mind.
- Mind and body.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thomas Kjeller Johansen presents a new account of Aristotle's major work on psychology, the De Anima. He argues that Aristotle explains a variety of psychological phenomena by reference to the soul's capacities, and considers how Aristotle adopts and adapts this theory in his later works.
- Contents:
- Circumscribing the soul: De Anima 1.1 and 2.1
- Towards a scientific definition of the soul: DA II.2
- Parts and unity in the definition of the soul
- The definition of Dunamis
- The priority of the objects over the capacities of the soul
- The importance of nutrition
- The soul as an efficient cause
- The matter of the soul's activities
- The perceptual capacity extended
- Phantasia
- The intellect and the limits of naturalism
- The locomotive capacity
- The descent from definition: the capacities of the soul applied
- The capacities in the parts and lives of animals.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-64392-8
- 0-19-163301-1
- OCLC:
- 922971390
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