The undivided self : Aristotle and the 'mind-body' problem / David Charles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charles, David (David Owain Maurice), author.

Series:

Oxford Aristotle studies.

Oxford Aristotle Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Philosophy of mind.

Mind and body.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Aristotle initiated the systematic investigation of perception, the emotions, memory, desire and action, developing his own account of these phenomena and their interconnection. The aim of this book is to gain a philosophical understanding of his views and to examine how far they withstand critical scrutiny. Aristotle's account, it is argued, constitutes a philosophically live alternative to conventional post-Cartesian thinking about psychological phenomena and their place in a material world. It offers a way to dissolve, rather than solve, the mind-body problem we have inherited.

Contents:

The emotions

Enmattered form: Aristotle's Hylomorphism

Desire and action

Taste and smell: with some remarks on touch

Hearing, seeing, and hylomorphism

Perception, desire, and action: inextricably embodied subjects

Aristotle's viewpoint

Aristotle's undivided self.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-191233-6

0-19-264088-7

OCLC:

1240283025