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Animal rationality : later medieval theories, 1250-1350 /

In Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350, Anselm Oelze offers the first comprehensive and systematic exploration of theories of animal rationality in the later Middle Ages. Traditionally, it was held that medieval thinkers ascribed rationality to humans while denying it to nonhuman a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oelze, Anselm (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
Colección:Investigating Medieval Philosophy Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 What are and Why Study Later Medieval Theories of Animal Rationality?; 2 How to Study Later Medieval Theories?; 3 Structure and Key Questions; Part 1 Animals and Rationality in the Middle Ages; Introduction to Part 1; 4 The Role of Animals in the Middle Ages; 5 Animal Souls and Sensory Cognition; 6 Human Souls and the Triad of Intellectual Operations; 7 Grey Areas; Part 2 Universal Cognition and Concept Formation; Introduction to Part 2.
  • 8 Estimation, Conceptualisation, and Categorisation (Thomas Aquinas)9 Intentions and Quiddities (Albertus Magnus); 10 Elevated Intentions and Common Forms (Pseudo-Peter of Spain); 11 Vague Particulars as Universals (Roger Bacon); 12 Universal Desire and Experience (John Buridan); 13 General Mental Representations (Peter of John Olivi); Part 3 Judging; Introduction to Part 3; 14 The Idea of Sensory Judgments; 15 Natural Judgments (Thomas Aquinas); 16 Erroneous Judgments and Differences in Estimation (Albertus Magnus); 17 Reflective and Experimental Judgments (Peter of John Olivi, John Buridan).
  • 18 The Ascription of Judgments and the Problem of Anthropomorphism (William of Ockham, Adam Wodeham, Gregory of Rimini)Part 4 Reasoning; Introduction to Part 4; 19 Quasi-Reasoning (Thomas Aquinas, Gregory of Rimini, John Duns Scotus); 20 Quasi-Reasoning and Cogitation (Roger Bacon); 21 Imperfect Argumentations and Practical Syllogisms (Albertus Magnus); 22 Material Souls and Degrees of Reasoning (John Buridan, Nicole Oresme); Part 5: Prudence; Introduction to Part 5; 23 Memory vs. Recollection (Albertus Magnus); 24 Incomplete and Complete Memory (Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon).
  • 25 Foresight and Provision (Albertus Magnus, Bonaventure)26 Quasi-Foresight and Quasi-Hope (Thomas Aquinas); 27 Operating for and towards the Future (Roger Bacon, Peter of John Olivi); 28 Imperfect or Particular Prudence (Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas); 29 Prudence by Analogy (Giles of Rome, John Duns Scotus); Part 6 Rationality without Reason?; Introduction to Part 6; 30 Medieval and Contemporary Theories: The Differences; 31 Medieval and Contemporary Theories: The Commonalities; 32 Towards a Classification: Differentialist and Assimilationist Explanations.
  • 33 Room for Rationality or Rationality without ReasonConclusion; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.