Mind and Imagination in Aristotle by Michael V. Wedin (.PDF)
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Mind and Imagination in Aristotle by Michael V. Wedin
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Overview: The past two decades or so have witnessed a renewal of interest in Aristotle’s philosophy of mind. It is no accident that this same period has also seen a resurgence of activity in the philosophy of mind itself. The increase of sophistication in theory and the wealth of problems addressed by philosophers of mind have contributed greatly to our growing appreciation of the subtlety of Aristotle’s program in such wrorks as De Anima and Parva Naturalia. The literature is rich in analyses that are informed by contemporary materialist, physicalist, and functionalist stances.
Apart from the treatment of particular arguments and passages, some of which stands on its own, the book has two broad aims. One is to offer a defense and exploration of the thesis that Aristotle’s account of the mind can profitably be viewed as an early exercise in functionalist or, more exactly, cognitivist explanation. The second is to provide an interpretation of Aristotle’s views on imagination and thinking that is consistent with this and that shows why imagination is not, for Aristotle, a standard faculty at all and why thinking is not, in any serious sense, divine.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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