This book offers a novel account of Aquinas's theory of the human act. It argues that Aquinas takes a human act to be a composite of two power-exercises, where one relates to the other as form to matter. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval philosophy.
This book offers a novel account of Aquinas's theory of the human act. It argues that Aquinas takes a human act to be a composite of two power-exercises, where one relates to the other as form to matter. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in medieval philosophy.
Can Laurens Löwe is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, and a Member of the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities 'Human Abilities.' He has published numerous articles on medieval philosophy and metaphysics in journals including the British Journal for the History of Philosophy and Vivarium.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. The General Framework: 1. What is a Human Act? Part II. Choice Hylomorphism: 2. Practical Judgment 3. The Judgment of Choice 4. Volition and its Dependence on Judgment 5. Choice: Its Intrinsic and its Extrinsic Form Part III. Act Hylomorphism: 6. The Hylomorphic Structure of the Human Act 7. The Ontology of Bodily Human Acts 8. The Ontology of Mental Human Acts 9. Aquinas's Act Hylomorphism Today Appendix. Judgment and Composition and Division.
Introduction Part I. The General Framework: 1. What is a Human Act? Part II. Choice Hylomorphism: 2. Practical Judgment 3. The Judgment of Choice 4. Volition and its Dependence on Judgment 5. Choice: Its Intrinsic and its Extrinsic Form Part III. Act Hylomorphism: 6. The Hylomorphic Structure of the Human Act 7. The Ontology of Bodily Human Acts 8. The Ontology of Mental Human Acts 9. Aquinas's Act Hylomorphism Today Appendix. Judgment and Composition and Division.
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