| Unmixing the Intellect: Aristotle on Cognitive Powers and Bodily Organs Contributor(s): Magee, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313323771 ISBN-13: 9780313323775 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2003 Annotation: In recent years the majority of scholarship on Aristotle's philosophy of mind has concentrated on his account of sensation and has generally sought to find in his ancient account insights applicable to contemporary materialistic explanations of mental life. Challenging cognitivist and functionalist interpretations, this volume argues that Aristotle believed the mind to be unmixed, or separate from the body. Through careful textual analysis of De Anima and other key texts, the author shows that the Greek philosopher made a clear distinction between perception-an activity realized in material sense organs-and thinking-a process that cannot occur in any material organ. This innovative interpretation of Aristotle's theory of cognitive activities is a worthy contribution to an ongoing debate. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 128.2 |
| LCCN: 2002069635 |
| Series: Contributions in Philosophy, |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.1" W x 8.54" (0.76 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years the majority of scholarship on Aristotle's philosophy of mind has concentrated on his account of sensation and has generally sought to find in his ancient account insights applicable to contemporary materialistic explanations of mental life. Challenging cognitivist and functionalist interpretations, this volume argues that Aristotle believed the mind to be unmixed, or separate from the body. Through careful textual analysis of De Anima and other key texts, the author shows that the Greek philosopher made a clear distinction between perception-an activity realized in material sense organs-and thinking-a process that cannot occur in any material organ. This innovative interpretation of Aristotle's theory of cognitive activities is a worthy contribution to an ongoing debate. |