Overview
- The first thematically structured sourcebook on the history of philosophy of mind covering developments from Plato to Kant
- Expert commentary provided by prominent scholars on key texts and all texts are presented in new translations
- Includes material on all of the main areas of Western philosophical psychology ?
Part of the book series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind (SHPM, volume 12)
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Soul as an Entity
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Sense Perception
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Common Sense, Imagination, and Estimation
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Sleep and Dreams
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Memory and Recollection
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Keywords
- Emotions in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
- Imagination, Memory and Dreams
- Intellection and reasoning
- Medieval Future Contingents
- Medieval Trinitarian Logic
- Modality in Medieval Philosophy
- Perception in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
- Philosophical Psychology
- Psychology in the history of philosophy
- Psychology of gender
- Psychology of language
- Soul–body relationship
- Will and choice
About this book
Fresh translations of key texts, exhaustive coverage from Plato to Kant, and detailed commentary by expert scholars of philosophy add up to make this sourcebook the first and most comprehensive account of the history of the philosophy of mind. Published at a time when the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology are high-profile domains in current research, the volume will inform our understanding of philosophical questions by shedding light on the origins of core conceptual assumptions often arrived at before the instauration of psychology as a recognized subject in its own right.
The chapters closely follow historical developments in our understanding of the mind, with sections dedicated to ancient, medieval Latin and Arabic, and early modern periods of development. The volume’s structural clarity enables readers to trace the entire progression of philosophical understanding on specific topics related to the mind, such as the nature of perception. Doing so revealsthe fascinating contrasts between current and historical approaches. In addition to its all-inclusive source material, the volume provides subtle expert commentary that includes critical introductions to each thematic section as well as detailed engagement with the central texts. A voluminous bibliography includes hundreds of primary and secondary sources. The sheer scale of this new publication sheds light on the progression, and discontinuities, in our study of the philosophy of mind, and represents a major new sourcebook in a field of extreme importance to our understanding of humanity as a whole.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Simo Knuuttila is Professor of Theological Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki. His publications include Modalities in Medieval Philosophy (1993), Emotions in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (2006), and numerous articles on the history of modal theory, semantics and the philosophy of mind. He is also editor of many books on the history of philosophy.
Juha Sihvola (died 2012) was Professor of General History at the University of Jyväskylä and Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies in 2004–2009. He published widely on ancient philosophy, its later influence and contemporary political issues. He was editor of many books on ancient philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sourcebook for the History of the Philosophy of Mind
Book Subtitle: Philosophical Psychology from Plato to Kant
Editors: Simo Knuuttila, Juha Sihvola
Series Title: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6967-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6966-3Published: 05 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0168-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6967-0Published: 23 October 2013
Series ISSN: 1573-5834
Series E-ISSN: 2542-9922
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 746
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Medieval Philosophy, History of Psychology