Forming the Mind
Essays on the Internal Senses and the Mind/Body Problem from Avicenna to the Medical Enlightenment
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Beschreibung
Forming the Mind deals with the internal senses, the mind/body problem and other problems associated with the concept of mind as it developed from Avicenna to the medical Enlightenment. The book collects essays from some of the foremost scholars in a relatively new and very promising field of research. It stresses how important and fruitful it is to see the time period between 1100 and 1700 as one continuous tradition, and brings together scholars working on the same issues in the Arabic, Jewish and Western philosophical traditions. In this respect, this collection opens up several new and interesting perspectives on the history of the philosophy of mind.
Forming the Mind deals with the internal senses, the mind/body problem and other problems associated with the concept of mind as it developed from Avicenna to the medical Enlightenment. The book collects essays from some of the foremost scholars in a relatively new and very promising field of research. It stresses how important and fruitful it is to see the time period between 1100 and 1700 as one continuous tradition, and brings together scholars working on the same issues in the Arabic, Jewish and Western philosophical traditions. In this respect, this collection opens up several new and interesting perspectives on the history of the philosophy of mind.
One of only a few books on the medieval conception of the soul and the mind/body relation The only volume that stresses the mind/body problem in the medieval tradition Covers not only the Western tradition but the Arabic and Jewish traditions Contains essays of some of the best scholars in the field Offers a thorough treatment of the internal senses
Autor*in
Henrik Lagerlund
Themen in »Forming the Mind«
Arabic Philosophy Early Modern Philosophy Internal Senses Jewish Philosophy Medieval Philosophy Mind/Body Problem Philosophy of Mind Spinoza Thomas Aquinas metaphysics