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Unmixing the Intellect Aristotle on Cognitive Powers and Bodily Organs

Joseph M. Magee

Book Code: GM2377

ISBN: 0-313-32377-1

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32377-5

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184 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2003

List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Philosophy

Series Number: 86

Description: In recent years the majority of scholarship on Aristotle's philosophy of mind has concentrated on his account of sensation and has generally sought to find in his ancient account insights applicable to contemporary materialistic explanations of mental life. Challenging cognitivist and functionalist interpretations, this volume argues that Aristotle believed the mind to be unmixed, or separate from the body. Through careful textual analysis of De Anima and other key texts, the author shows that the Greek philosopher made a clear distinction between perception-an activity realized in material sense organs-and thinking-a process that cannot occur in any material organ. This innovative interpretation of Aristotle's theory of cognitive activities is a worthy contribution to an ongoing debate.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Aristotle and Contemporary Theories of Mind
The Separability of Nous and Cognitivist Functionalism
The Similarities between Novc and Sense
The Relationship of Sense Powers to Their Organs
The Difference between Aisthesis and Nous
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2002069635

LCC Class: B415

Dewey Class: 128


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