John P. Wright / Paul Potter (eds.)

Psyche and Soma

Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment
Herausgeber: Potter, Paul; Wright, John P.

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Produktbeschreibung

Psyche and Soma is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the conceptions of the human soul or mind and body, through the course of more than two thousand years of Western history. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recogized expert, discuss figures such as the physicians Hippocrates, Galen, Stahl, and Cabanis; theologians St Paul, Augustine, and Aquinas; and philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes, Leibniz, and La Mettrie. The chapters explore in chronlogical sequence the views of these writers on such questions as the soul's immortality, the control it exerts over the body, how mental disturbances arise out of bodily imbalances, and the roles of the priest and the physician in promoting spiritual and mental health. Psyche and Soma will be a key point of reference and a rich source of illumination in this central area of human inquiry.

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This is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the history of understanding of the human mind or soul and its relationship to the body, through the course of more than two thousand years. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recognized expert, discuss such figures as the doctors Hippocrates and Galen, the theologians St Paul, Augustine, and Aquinas, and philosophers from Plato to Leibniz.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9780199256747
• ISBN-10: 0199256748
• Artikelnr.: 21697630

Autorenporträt

John P. Wright is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Central Michigan University. Paul Potter is Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Beate Gundert: Soma and Psyche in Hippocratic Medicine
* 2: T. M. Robinson: The Defining Features of Mind-Body Dualism in the
Writings of Plato
* 3: Philip J. van der Eijk: Aristotle's Psycho-physiological Account
of the Soul-Body Relationship
* 4: Heinrich von Staden: Body, Soul, and Nerves: Epicurus, Herophilus,
Erasistratus, the Stoics, and Galen
* 5: Theo K. Heckel: Body and Soul in Saint Paul
* 6: Gareth Matthews: Internalist Reasoning in Augustine for Mind-Body
Dualism
* 7: Emily Michael: Renaissance Theories of Body, Soul, and Mind
* 8: Stephen Voss: Descartes: Heart and Soul
* 9: Thomas M. Lennon: Bayle and Late Seventeen-Century Thought
* 10: Francois Duchesneau: Stahl, Leibniz, and the Territories of Soul
and Body
* 11: John P. Wright: Substance versus Function Dualism in
Eighteenth-Century Medicine
* 12: Roselyne Rey: Psyche, Soma, and the Vitalist Philosophy of
Medicine
* 13: Francois Azouvi: Physique and Moral
* Select Bibliography
* Index