The Internal Senses In The Aristotelian Tradition (studies In The History Of Philosophy Of Mind (22))

This Volume Is A Collection Of Essays On A Special Theme In Aristotelian Philosophy Of Mind: The Internal Senses. The First Part Of The Volume Is Devoted To The Central Question Of Whether Or Not Any Internal Senses Exist In Aristotle’s Philosophy Of Mind And, If So, How Many And How They Are Individuated. The Provocative Claim Of Chapter One Is That Aristotle Recognizes No Such Internal Sense. His Medieval Latin Interpreters, On The Other Hand, Very Much Thought That Aristotle Did Introduce A Number Of Internal Senses As Shown In The Second Chapter. The Second Part Of The Volume Contains A Number Of Case Studies Demonstrating The Philosophical Background Of Some Of The Most Influential Topics Covered By The Internal Senses In The Aristotelian Tradition And In Contemporary Philosophy Of Mind. The Focus Of The Case Studies Is On Memory, Imagination And Estimation. Chapters Introduce The Underlying Mechanisms Of Memory And Recollection Taking Its Cue From Aristotle But Reaching Into Early Modern Philosophy As Well As Studying Composite Imagination In Avicenna’s Philosophy Of Mind. Further Topics Include The Latin Reception Of Avicenna’s Estimative Faculty And The Development Of The Internal Senses As Well As Offering An Account Of The Logic Of Objects Of Imagination. Contents 1 The Internal Senses in Context 1.1 Aim, Scope and Structure of the Volume 1.2 Central Questions in Their Historical Contexts 1.3 Case Studies: From Historical and Contemporary Perspectives References Part I Central Questions in Their Historical Contexts 2 Internal Senses and Aristotle's Cognitive Theory 2.1 Internal Objects of Awareness 2.2 Common Capacity for Perception 2.3 Phantasia 2.4 Conclusion References 3 Alexander of Aphrodisias on the Common Sense 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Functions of the Common Sense: Perceptual Discrimination 3.3 Functions of the Common Sense: Awareness of Perception 3.4 Functions of the Common Sense: Perception of the Common Sensibles 3.5 The Analogy 3.6 Conclusion Bibliography 4 Stop Making Sense(s): Some Late Medieval and Very Late Medieval Views on Faculty Psychology 4.1 Setting the Stage 4.2 Olivi: Unification as a Mode of Activity 4.3 Buridan: Simplification to One 4.4 Suárez: One Is Enough 4.5 De Góis: Reduction But Not to One 4.6 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources 5 Jodocus Trutfetter (c. 1460 –1519) on Internal Senses 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Sources 5.3 Division and Systematics of the Internal Senses 5.4 Individual Internal Senses 5.5 Elicitive, Estimative, and Cogitative Faculties 5.6 Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Sources Part II Case Studies: From Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 6 Re-presentation in Avicenna's Doctrine of Knowledge 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Distinction Between the Retentive Power and the Representative Power 6.3 Al-quwwa al-mutakhayyila or the Power of Re-presentation 6.4 The Creative Function of the Power of Re-presentation 6.4.1 Speculation and Mimesis 6.4.2 Dreams and Veridical Visions 6.4.3 Literary Recitals and Individual Creativity 6.5 The Epistemological Function of Images and Intentions 6.6 The Ontological Gap Between the Sensible and the Intelligible Bibliography Primary sources Secondary Sources 7 Estimative Power as a Social Sense 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Estimation and Social Relations 7.3 Social and Political Animals 7.4 Conclusion Bibliography 8 Movements, Memory, and Mixture: Aristotle, Confusion, and the Historicity of Memory 8.1 Introduction: Memory, Mixture, and History 8.2 Aristotle's Fluid Physiological Psychology of Memory 8.3 Pneuma, Pathology, and Potentiality 8.4 Mixture in Philosophy and Psychology 8.5 General Theory of Mixture 8.6 Mixture and Memory in History and Historiography References 9 Imagination, Non-existence, Impossibility 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Ampliation 9.3 Imagination 9.4 The Properties of Non-existent Objects 9.5 Impossibilia 9.6 Other Imaginings 9.7 Conclusion References Correction to: Jodocus Trutfetter (c. 1460–1519) on Internal Senses Index