Mind and Modality
Studies in the History of Philosophy in Honour of Simo Knuuttila
Published on 28. April 2006
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-90-04-15144-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers a wide-ranging and profound collection of essays on philosophical psychology and conceptions of modality from antiquity to the present day, with some essays on the philosophy of religion as well.
The contributions deal with mind's cognitive and emotional functions, the modal notions and the philosophical approaches to religion as well as logical, semantic and epistemological issues concerning them. Of twenty-one contributions, six focus on ancient thought, nine on medieval thought, and six on modern and contemporary thought.
The book illustrates how philosophical theories of mind and modalities developed through the centuries in western philosophy. It is particularly useful for those interested in the analysis of emotions, their cognitive bearing and ethical significance.
Contributors include: Lilli Alanen, Joel Biard, David Charles, Ingolf U. Dalferth, Sten Ebbesen, Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson, Jaakko Hintikka, Vesa Hirvonen, Toivo J. Holopainen, Heikki Kirjavainen, Taneli Kukkonen, Henrik Lagerlund, Ilkka Niiniluoto, C.G. Normore, Martha C. Nussbaum, Marco M. Olivetti, Risto Saarinen, Juha Sihvola, Miira Tuominen, Reijo Tyoerinoja, and Mikko Yrjoensuuri.
Publications by Simo Knuuttila:
* "Duns Scotus and the Foundations of Logical Modalities", in: Ludger Honnefelder, Rega Wood and Mechthild Dreyer (eds.), John Duns Scotus: Metaphysics and Ethics, ISBN: 978 90 04 10357 3
* "Necessities in Buridan's Natural Philosophy", in: J.M.M.H. Thijssen and Jack Zupko (eds.), Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy of John Buridan, ISBN: 978 90 04 11514 9
The contributions deal with mind's cognitive and emotional functions, the modal notions and the philosophical approaches to religion as well as logical, semantic and epistemological issues concerning them. Of twenty-one contributions, six focus on ancient thought, nine on medieval thought, and six on modern and contemporary thought.
The book illustrates how philosophical theories of mind and modalities developed through the centuries in western philosophy. It is particularly useful for those interested in the analysis of emotions, their cognitive bearing and ethical significance.
Contributors include: Lilli Alanen, Joel Biard, David Charles, Ingolf U. Dalferth, Sten Ebbesen, Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson, Jaakko Hintikka, Vesa Hirvonen, Toivo J. Holopainen, Heikki Kirjavainen, Taneli Kukkonen, Henrik Lagerlund, Ilkka Niiniluoto, C.G. Normore, Martha C. Nussbaum, Marco M. Olivetti, Risto Saarinen, Juha Sihvola, Miira Tuominen, Reijo Tyoerinoja, and Mikko Yrjoensuuri.
Publications by Simo Knuuttila:
* "Duns Scotus and the Foundations of Logical Modalities", in: Ludger Honnefelder, Rega Wood and Mechthild Dreyer (eds.), John Duns Scotus: Metaphysics and Ethics, ISBN: 978 90 04 10357 3
* "Necessities in Buridan's Natural Philosophy", in: J.M.M.H. Thijssen and Jack Zupko (eds.), Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy of John Buridan, ISBN: 978 90 04 11514 9
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
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sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
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Height: 244 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
848 gr
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978-90-04-15144-4 (9789004151444)
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Vesa Hirvonen, Th.D. (2002), University of Helsinki, is Researcher at the University of Jyvaeskylae and the University of Helsinki. His publications on late medieval philosophy and theology include Passions in William Ockham's Philosophical Psychology (Kluwer 2004).
Toivo J. Holopainen, Th.D. (1995), University of Helsinki, is Researcher at the University of Helsinki. He has published on early medieval philosophy and theology including Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century (Brill, 1996).
Miira Tuominen, Ph.D. (2002) in Philosophy, University of Helsinki, is Researcher at the University of Helsinki. She works on ancient philosophy, her main publication being Apprehension and Argument: Ancient Theories of Starting Points for Knowledge (Springer, forthcoming 2006).
The editors are members of the History of Mind Research Unit, a Centre of Excellence funded by the Academy of Finland and the Universities of Helsinki and Jyvaeskylae.
Toivo J. Holopainen, Th.D. (1995), University of Helsinki, is Researcher at the University of Helsinki. He has published on early medieval philosophy and theology including Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century (Brill, 1996).
Miira Tuominen, Ph.D. (2002) in Philosophy, University of Helsinki, is Researcher at the University of Helsinki. She works on ancient philosophy, her main publication being Apprehension and Argument: Ancient Theories of Starting Points for Knowledge (Springer, forthcoming 2006).
The editors are members of the History of Mind Research Unit, a Centre of Excellence funded by the Academy of Finland and the Universities of Helsinki and Jyvaeskylae.
Content
Foreword
PART I. ANCIENT THOUGHT
1. The "Morality of Pity": Sophocles' Philoctetes and the European Stoics, Martha C. Nussbaum
2. Aristotle's Desire, David Charles
3. TaMeta Ta Metaphysika: The Argumentative Structure of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Jaakko Hintikka
4. Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Active Intellect, Miira Tuominen
5. Plotinus on Thinking Oneself and the First-Person, Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson
6. The Autonomy of Religion in Ancient Philosophy, Juha Sihvola
PART II. MEDIEVAL THOUGHT
7. Future Contingents in the Eleventh Century, Toivo J. Holopainen
8. Mind and Modal Judgement: Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd on Conceivability and Possibility, Taneli Kukkonen
9. By Necessity, Sten Ebbesen
10. Types of Self-Awareness in Medieval Thought, Mikko Yrjoensuuri
11. Mental Disorders in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Vesa Hirvonen
12. Wisdom as Intellectual Virtue: Aquinas, Odonis and Buridan, Risto Saarinen
13. John Buridan and the Mathematical Demonstration, Joel Biard
14. What is Singular Thought? Ockham and Buridan on Singular Terms in the Language of Thought, Henrik Lagerlund
15. Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy: Luther and the Medieval De Anima Tradition of Imagination, Reijo Tyoerinoja
PART III. MODERN THOUGHT
16. Necessity, Immutability, and Descartes, C.G. Normore
17. Spinoza and Hume on Pride and Self-Knowledge, Lilli Alanen
18. The Community of Minds as a Problem of Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Marco M. Olivetti
19. Varieties of Philosophical Theology Before and After Kant, Ingolf U. Dalferth
20. Symbol Meaning and Logical Form: A Study in the Semantics of Religious Language, Heikki Kirjavainen
21. Cognition and Emotion, Ilkka Niiniluoto
Index of Names
PART I. ANCIENT THOUGHT
1. The "Morality of Pity": Sophocles' Philoctetes and the European Stoics, Martha C. Nussbaum
2. Aristotle's Desire, David Charles
3. TaMeta Ta Metaphysika: The Argumentative Structure of Aristotle's Metaphysics, Jaakko Hintikka
4. Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Active Intellect, Miira Tuominen
5. Plotinus on Thinking Oneself and the First-Person, Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson
6. The Autonomy of Religion in Ancient Philosophy, Juha Sihvola
PART II. MEDIEVAL THOUGHT
7. Future Contingents in the Eleventh Century, Toivo J. Holopainen
8. Mind and Modal Judgement: Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd on Conceivability and Possibility, Taneli Kukkonen
9. By Necessity, Sten Ebbesen
10. Types of Self-Awareness in Medieval Thought, Mikko Yrjoensuuri
11. Mental Disorders in Late Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Vesa Hirvonen
12. Wisdom as Intellectual Virtue: Aquinas, Odonis and Buridan, Risto Saarinen
13. John Buridan and the Mathematical Demonstration, Joel Biard
14. What is Singular Thought? Ockham and Buridan on Singular Terms in the Language of Thought, Henrik Lagerlund
15. Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy: Luther and the Medieval De Anima Tradition of Imagination, Reijo Tyoerinoja
PART III. MODERN THOUGHT
16. Necessity, Immutability, and Descartes, C.G. Normore
17. Spinoza and Hume on Pride and Self-Knowledge, Lilli Alanen
18. The Community of Minds as a Problem of Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Marco M. Olivetti
19. Varieties of Philosophical Theology Before and After Kant, Ingolf U. Dalferth
20. Symbol Meaning and Logical Form: A Study in the Semantics of Religious Language, Heikki Kirjavainen
21. Cognition and Emotion, Ilkka Niiniluoto
Index of Names