ABSTRACT

All papers that were read at the Colloquium have been strongly revised for publication as the chapters in this book. In addition, Mary Sirridge and Guy Guldentops were invited to write a chapter. We do not feel the need to summarize this book, or to provide comments on the chapters. ey explore medieval, Renaissance and early modern views on questions regarding the distinction between mind and soul, the intellect and its operations, the acquisition of concepts, intentionality, self-knowledge, the relation of mental processes to physical phenomena, the immortality of the soul, the nature and place of the science of the soul, and the phenomenon of selective attention. e order of the chapters is roughly chronological, covering a host of well-known and less well-known commentators and authors, such as Albert the Great, omas Aquinas, Siger of Brabant, James of Douai, Radulphus Brito, William of Ockham, John Buridan, Nicholas Oresme, Nicholas of Amsterdam, Agostino Nifo, Pietro Pomponazzi, Marcantonio Genua, Franciscus Toletus, Francisco Suárez, Girolamo Fracastoro, JacopoZabarella, RenéDescartes, andomasHobbes. Although the book is con-ned to the Latin tradition, due attention is given to Aristotle’s own views and to those of his Greek and Arabic commentators.