Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 3
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Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
The History of the Philosophy of Mind, Volume 3
About this book
Characterized by many historically significant events, such as the invention of the printing press, the discovery of the New World, and the Protestant Reformation, the years between 1300 and 1600 are a remarkably rich source of ideas about the mind. They witnessed a resurgence of Aristotelianism and Platonism and the development of humanism. However, philosophical understanding of the complex arguments and debates during this period remain difficult to grasp.
Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance provides an outstanding survey of philosophy of mind in this fascinating and still controversial period and examines the thought of figures such as Aquinas, SuĂĄrez, and Ficino.
Following an introduction by Stephan Schmid, thirteen specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors discuss key topics, thinkers, and debates, including:
- mind and method,
- the mind and its illnesses,
- the powers of the soul,
- Averroism,
- intentionality and representationalism,
- theories of (self-)consciousness,
- will and its freedom,
- external and internal senses,
- Renaissance theories of the passions,
- the mindâbody problem and the rise of dualism, and
- the 'cognitive turn'.
Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, medieval philosophy, and the history of philosophy, Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as religion, literature, and Renaissance studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of contributors
- General introduction
- Introduction to volume 3: Aristotelianism, Humanism, and Platonism â three pillars for thinking about the mind
- 1 Mind and method
- 2 Medical approaches to the mind in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- 3 The soul and its parts: debates about the powers of the soul
- 4 Averroism and the metaphysics of intellect
- 5 The function of the intellect: intentionality and representationalism
- 6 Late medieval theories of (self-)consciousness
- 7 Debates about the will and its freedom
- 8 Late scholastic debates about external and internal senses: in the direction of Francisco SuĂĄrez (1548â1617)
- 9 Renaissance theories of the passions: embodied minds
- 10 Dualism and the mind-body problem
- 11 The immortality of the soul
- 12 Late scholastics and Renaissance humanists on the passions in moral action
- 13 Renaissance facultative logic and the workings of the mind: the âcognitive turnâ
- Index