Partitioning the soul : debates from Plato to Leibniz /
"Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine radically dif...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2014]
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Colección: | Topoi (Berlin, Germany) ;
v. 22. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Does the soul have parts? What kind of parts? And how do all the parts make together a whole? Many ancient, medieval and early modern philosophers discussed these questions, thus providing a mereological analysis of the soul. The eleven chapters reconstruct and critically examine radically different theories. They make clear that the question of how a single soul can have an internal complexity was a crucial issue for many classical thinkers"--Provided by publisher |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (v, 304 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9783110311884 3110311887 9783110311891 3110311895 3110376989 9783110376982 |
ISSN: | 2191-5806 ; |