Aristotle's concept of mind / Erick Raphael Jimenez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jimenez, Erick Raphael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Philosophy of mind.

Mind and body.

Thought and thinking.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 265 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In this book, Erick Raphael Jiménez examines Aristotle's concept of mind (nous), a key concept in Aristotelian psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology. Drawing on a close analysis of De Anima, Jiménez argues that mind is neither disembodied nor innate, as has commonly been held, but an embodied ability that emerges from learning and discovery. Looking to Aristotle's metaphysics and epistemology, Jiménez argues that just as Aristotelian mind is not innate, intelligibility is not an innate feature of the objects of Aristotelian mind, but an outcome of certain mental constructions that make those objects intelligible. Conversely, it is through these same mental constructions that thinkers become intelligent, or come to possess minds. Connecting this account to Aristotle's metaphysics and epistemology, Jiménez shows how this concept of mind fits within Aristotle's wider philosophy. His bold interpretation will interest a wide range of readers in ancient and later philosophy.

Contents:

Preliminaries to Aristotle's concept of mind

A dialectical argument in DA III.4

The model of explanation in Aristotelian psychology

Mind in body: Aristotelian arguments for embodiment

The activity of Aristotelian mind

Making things intelligible: a commentary on DA III.5

The objects of Aristotelian mind

Aristotelian essences: a commentary on Met. VII.4-12

Aristotelian principles: a commentary on APo II.19

Aristotle on thinking: the time-perception model of thinking

Aristotle's concept of time: a commentary on Phys. IV.10-4

The role of time in Aristotle's account of perception

Mind and time in Aristotle's account of meaning.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-108-32933-0

1-108-32941-1

1-108-32942-X

1-108-32939-X

1-108-32938-1

1-108-15182-5

1-108-32936-5