ABSTRACT

This collection of essays engages with several topics in Aristotle’s philosophy of mind, some well-known and hotly debated, some new and yet to be explored. The contributors analyze Aristotle’s arguments and present their cases in ways that invite contemporary philosophers of mind to consider the potentials—and pitfalls—of an Aristotelian philosophy of mind.

The volume brings together an international group of renowned Aristotelian scholars as well as rising stars to cover five main themes: method in the philosophy of mind, sense perception, mental representation, intellect, and the metaphysics of mind. The papers collected in this volume, with their choice of topics and quality of exposition, show why Aristotle is a philosopher of mind to be studied and reckoned with in contemporary discussions.

Encounters with Aristotelian Philosophy of Mind will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of ancient philosophy and philosophy of mind.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part I|84 pages

Methodology

chapter 2|22 pages

In Search of the Essence of the Soul

Aristotle’s Scientific Method and Practice in De Anima II.1–2

part II|41 pages

Perception

part III|82 pages

Representation

chapter 6|28 pages

Eidōla and Phantasmata in Aristotle

Three Senses of “Image” in Aristotelian Psychology

part IV|60 pages

Intellect

chapter 8|26 pages

Thinking Bodies

Aristotle on the Biological Basis of Human Cognition

part V|44 pages

Hylomorphism