
Transformations of the Soul
Aristotelian Psychology 1250-1650
Dominik Perler(Editor)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2009
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Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-90-04-17367-5 (ISBN)
Description
Aristotle's De anima shaped philosophical debates far beyond the Middle Ages and gave rise to a number of theories about the nature of the soul, its various functions and its relation to the body. The ten contributions to this book, a special issue of the journal Vivarium, examine some of these theories in the period between Albertus Magnus and Descartes. They pay particular attention to the question of how the metaphysical status of the soul and its parts was explained, and analyze Aristotelian accounts of cognitive activities such as perceiving, imagining and thinking. The ten case studies focus both on defenders of the Aristotelian paradigm and on its critics, arguing that one should not look for a moment of break with Aristotelianism, but for various stages of transformation.
Contributors are Lilli Alanen, Joel Biard, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Richard Cross, Dag Hasse, Peter King, Ian Mclean, Martin Lenz, Lodi Nauta, Dominik Perler and Markus Wild.
Contributors are Lilli Alanen, Joel Biard, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Richard Cross, Dag Hasse, Peter King, Ian Mclean, Martin Lenz, Lodi Nauta, Dominik Perler and Markus Wild.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Height: 239 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-17367-5 (9789004173675)
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Dominik Perler, Professor of Philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin, specializes in medieval and early modern philosophy. He studied in Fribourg and Goettingen (Habilitation 1996) and taught at the Universities of Oxford and Basel before moving to Berlin.