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Unmixing the Intellect Aristotle on Cognitive Powers and Bodily Organs
Joseph M. Magee
ISBN: 0-313-32377-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32377-5
184 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2003
List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £58.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    Aristotle and Contemporary Theories of Mind
    The Separability of Nous and Cognitivist Functionalism
    The Similarities between Novc and Sense
    The Relationship of Sense Powers to Their Organs
    The Difference between Aisthesis and Nous
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: JOSEPH M. MAGEE is Director of Campus Ministry at the Catholic Student Center, Sam Houston State University,
LCC Class: 128
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