Aristotle's concept of mind /

Aristotle's concept of mind /

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Author / Creator:	Jimenez, Erick Raphael, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	vii, 265 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Aristotle. Aristotle. Philosophy of mind. Mind and body. Thought and thinking. Philosophy, Ancient. Mind and body. Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophy of mind. Thought and thinking.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11334767

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ISBN:	9781107194182 1107194180
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	In this book, Erick Raphael Jimenez examines Aristotle's concept of mind (nous), a key concept in Aristotelian psychology, metaphysics, and epistemology. Drawing on a close analysis of De Anima, Jimenez 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, Jimenez 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, Jimenez 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.

Table of 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.