Cognitive Psychology in the Middle Ages (International Contributions in Psychology)

This book summarizes the ideas about cognitive psychology expressed in the writings of medieval Europeans. Up until the 13th century, Christians who wrote about cognitive psychology, foremost of whom was St. Augustine, did so in the Neoplatonic tradition. The translation of the works of Aristotle and some of the works of Arab scholars into Latin during the 12th and 13th centuries brought a high level of sophistication to the theories. The author touches upon the works of Augustine, Averro^Des, Avicenna, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockham, and others. Contents 3 Acknowledgments 4 Chapt 1 Introduction 6 Chapt 2 Early Middle Ages 12 Chapt 3 Aristotle's cognitive psychology 20 Chapt 4 The inner senses 28 Chapt 5 Cognition in the rational soul 38 Chapt 6 Medieval applications 51 Chapt 7 Medieval and modern theories of cognition 62 Bibliography 68 Index 72