Jason W Carter

Aristotle on Earlier Greek Psychology

The Science of Soul

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Produktbeschreibung

Argues that Aristotle's psychology is shaped by his critical reception of earlier theories of soul, including the Presocratic and Platonic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 211mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781108481076
• ISBN-10: 1108481078
• Artikelnr.: 54545184

Autorenporträt

Jason W. Carter is Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. His work has been published in journals including Phronesis and the Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to hylomorphic psychology
Part I. Aristotle's Methodology of Psychological Inquiry: 1. Definition, explanation and psychological inquiry
2. Definition, explanation and the soul-body relation
Part II. Earlier Theories of Psychological Motion: 3. Plato's psychology
4. Democritus' psychology
5. Xenocrates' psychology
6. Harmonic psychology
Part III. Earlier Theories of Psychological Cognition: 7. Empedocles' psychology
8. Anaxagoras' psychology
Part IV. Earlier Theories and Two Psychological Puzzles: 9. The puzzle of the soul's uniformity
10. The puzzle of the soul's divisibility
Conclusion: hylomorphic psychology as a dualism.