Theories of Cognition in the Later Middle AgesThis book is a major contribution to the history of philosophy in the later medieval period (1250-1350). It focuses on cognitive theory, a subject of intense investigation during these years. In fact many of the issues that dominate philosophy of mind and epistemology today--intentionality, mental representation, skepticism, realism--were hotly debated in the later medieval period. The book offers a careful analysis of these debates, primarily through the work of Thomas Aquinas, Peter John Olivi, and William Ockham. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Challenges to the theory | 18 |
Immateriality and intentionality | 31 |
Intentionality made mysterious | 63 |
Form and representation | 86 |
Passivity and attention | 125 |
Are species superfluous? | 161 |
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| Title | Theories of Cognition in the Later Middle Ages |
| Author | Robert Pasnau |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0521583683, 9780521583688 |
| Length | 330 pages |
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