Philoponus: On Aristotle On the Soul 2.7-12 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) - Softcover

Philoponus, .

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ISBN 10: 147255776X ISBN 13: 9781472557766

Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

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In this, one of the most original ancient texts on sense perception, Philoponus, the sixth century AD commentator on Aristotle, considers how far perceptual processes are incorporeal. Colour affects us in the same way as light which, passing through a stained glass window, affects the air, but colours only the masonry beyond. Sounds and smells are somewhat more physical, travelling most of the way to us with a moving block of air, but not quite all the way. Only the organ of touch takes on the tangible qualities perceived, because reception of sensible qualities in perception is cognitive, not physical. Neither light nor the action of colour involves the travel of bodies. Our capacities for psychological activity do not follow, nor result from, the chemistry of our bodies, but merely supervene on that. On the other hand, Philoponus shows knowledge of the sensory nerves, and he believes that thought and anger both warm us. This argument is used elsewhere to show how we can tell someone else's state of mind.

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William Charlton was formerly head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Edinburgh.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 147255776X
• ISBN 13: 9781472557766
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224