Op Joseph Torchia

Exploring Personhood

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Human Nature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the metaphysical underpinnings of theories of human nature, personhood, and the self. The coverage of the work is broad in scope, moving from the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism, critically assessing what transpired during the intervening 2500 year period, with a special focus on the contributions of the Aristotelian/Thomistic tradition of inquiry. The work is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of readers, from beginners to more advanced students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 659g
• ISBN-13: 9780742548374
• ISBN-10: 0742548376
• Artikelnr.: 22955232

Autorenporträt

Joseph Torchia, O.P., is associate professor of philosophy at Providence College. He is the editor-in-chief of The Thomist and the author of Plotinus, Tolma, and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis and Creatio ex nihilo and the Theology of St. Augustine: The Anti-Manichaean Polemic And Beyond.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 A Point of Departure Chapter 3 Focus and
Methodology Part 4 Introduction: Competing Anthropological Perspectives
Chapter 5 Human Nature and Personhood Chapter 6 Toward a Metaphysics of
Personhood Chapter 7 A GeneralOverview: Content and Approach Part 8 Part
I: From Psyche to Anthropos Part 9 Chapter I: In the Beginning: Defining
Some Key Issues Chapter 10 The Transition from Myth to Reason Chapter 11
The Milesian Response Chapter 12 Two Metaphysical Responses Chapter 13 The
Move Toward Reconciliation Chapter 14 The Pythagorean Contribution Chapter
15 The Anthropological Significance of It All Part 16 Chapter II: Plato:
The Primacy of Soul Chapter 17 The Shift Toward Humanism Chapter 18 The
Sophistic Legacy Chapter 19 Enter Socrates Chapter 20 Socrates and Plato
Chapter 21 The Psychology of the Phaedo Chapter 22 The Broader
Anthropological Dimension Part 23 Chapter III: Aristotle: The Human
Composite Chapter 24 Aristotle's Background and Development Chapter 25
Theoretical Knowledge and Wisdom Chapter 26 The Nature of Wisdom and
Causality Chapter 27 Aristotle and Plato Chapter 28 Being and Substance
Chapter 29 Substance and Change Chapter 30 The Psychology of the De Anima
Chapter 31 Soul, Body, and the Separable Intellect Part 32 Part II: Human
Nature and Personhood Part 33 Chapter IV: St. Augustine: A Harmonious Union
Chapter 34 The Challenge of Christian Anthropology Chapter 35 Augustine's
Personal Experience Chapter 36 Manichaeism and the Problem of Evil Chapter
37 Augustine's Neoplatonic "Lens" Chapter 38 Augustine's Definitions of
Homo Chapter 39 Augustine on the Person Chapter 40 The Subjective Ego
Chapter 41 Moral and Cosmic Order Part 42 Chapter V: St. Thomas Aquinas: A
Subsistent Individual Chapter 43 A Teacher's Life Chapter 44 Aquinas on
Sacra Doctrina Chapter 45 A Metaphysics of Esse Chapter 46 Humans Beings,
Being Human Chapter 47 The Status of the Soul Chapter 48 The Composite
Human Chapter 49 The Powers of the Soul Chapter 50 The Fact of
Psychosomatic Union Chapter 51 Aquinas' Metaphysics of Personhood Chapter
52 Trinitarian and Christological Background Chapter 53 Subsistence and the
Person Chapter 54 The Primacy of Esse Chapter 55 The Person as Free Agent
Part 56 Part III: Minds and Bodies Part 57 Chapter VI: Rene Descartes: The
Ghost in the Machine Chapter 58 Descartes and His Mission Chapter 59 A
Believing Man of Reason Chapter 60 Forging a Method Chapter 61 Affirming
the Cogito Chapter 62 The Role of God Chapter 63 The Challenge of
Hyperbolic Doubt Chapter 64 That I Am, What I Am Chapter 65 An Experiment
Chapter 66 Mind, Body, and World Chapter 67 The Bodily Mechanism Chapter 68
Mind-Body Interaction: An Uneasy Alliance Chapter 69 Where Mind and Body
Meet Chapter 70 Assessing the Cartesian Compromise Part 71 Chapter VII:
David Hume: A Bundle of Perceptions Chapter 72 Hume's Newtonian Model
Chapter 73 A Science of Human Nature Chapter 74 The Origin of Ideas Chapter
75 Hume on Causality Chapter 76 Personal Identity and the Self Chapter 77
Assessing Hume on Personal Identity Part 78 Part IV: Humanity and
Personhood Part 79 Chapter VIII: Postmodernism: Humans, Persons, and
Non-Persons Chapter 80 Postmodern Philosophy: A Broad Overview Chapter 81
The Consciousness Criterion of Personhood Chapter 82 The Bioethical
Dimension Chapter 83 Postmodernism and Incommensurability Part 84 Chapter
IX: Our Interpersonal Journey Chapter 85 A Teleological Model Chapter 86 An
Infinite Horizon Chapter 87 Knowing and Willing Chapter 88 A Participation
Scheme Chapter 89 The Being of Persons Chapter 90 Subsistence and Selfhood
Chapter 91 Substantiality and Relationality Chapter 92 Embodied Spirits
Chapter 93 The Unity of Self Chapter 94 A Moral Cosmos Chapter 95 Life as
Quest Part 96 Epilogue: In Search of an Irreducible Self Chapter 97 The
Challenge of Reductionism Chapter 98 A Quantum Theory of Consciousness
Chapter 99 The Causal Role of Mind Chapter 100 Human and Animal
Intelligence Chapter 101 Embodied Spirits and Our World

Rezensionen

Readers undeterred by fears of "foundationalism" will appreciate Torchia's study as a hearty meal in a day when so many offerings are thin and unsatisfying... Exploring Personhood is modestly offered as an "alternative account." It is an account that deserves attention, especially by those disinclined to examine it. Theological Studies, September 1, 2009 Exploring Personhood is much more than an introductory text. It argues for the Thomistic view of the human person in our world of seemingly irreconcilable pluralism in philosophy through a sweeping survey of the history of Western philosophy from the Presocratics to Postmodernism. -- Roland Teske, S.J., Marquette University