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ARISTOTLE ON MIND
| Title: | ARISTOTLE ON MIND. |
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| Name(s): |
Adams, Rachel, Author Jones, Don, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The mind as it is found in Aristotle's great work De Anima is a special capacity of the soul. It has both active and passive properties that work together to allow discursive thinking and moral ethical behavior to emerge. This work will look at Aristotle's philosophy of mind, and I will forward a new interpretation of the mind as he understood it: what I call the active and passive mind property dualism. Aristotle's four causes allow for a unique application of a form of dualism that accounts for the ontological status of the mind and the emergence of rational thinking. The importance of potentiality and actuality in Aristotle's metaphysics gives a different sort of formulation of the mind-body problem than is traditionally understood in the philosophy of mind. The first section of this paper will look at the terms used, especially actuality and potentiality. A comparison to Plato's tripartite soul will be given. Next, Aristotle's different kinds of soul and their varied capacities will be explored. Finally, the active mind will be explained as it appears in Book III, chapter 5. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0003846 (IID), ucf:44696 (fedora) | |
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2011-05-01 B.A. Arts and Humanities, Dept. of Philosophy Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
Aristotle Philosophy of Mind dualism mind active mind |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0003846 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2012-04-01 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
