Whose Thought Is It? The Soul and the Subject of Action in Some Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Aristotelians Whose Thought Is It? The Soul and the Subject of Action in Some Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Aristotelians.
The article focuses on the Aristotelian philosophy. It says that the Aristotelian philosophy begins with experience and its common sense interpretations which are treated as givens that any theory must explain. It states that common sense beliefs sometimes assign many functions to a single subject....
| Published in: | Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 624 - 648 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2012
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| Summary: | The article focuses on the Aristotelian philosophy. It says that the Aristotelian philosophy begins with experience and its common sense interpretations which are treated as givens that any theory must explain. It states that common sense beliefs sometimes assign many functions to a single subject. It adds that thirteenth and fourteenth century Aristotelians dealth with the problem on how to unite res cogitans to res extensa in the context of their engagement with Averroes. |
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