Philosophical Psychology in Arabic Thought and the Latin Aristotelianism of the 13th Century

Edited by Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat Edited by Jorg Alejandro Tellkamp Contributions by Bernardo Carlos Bazan Contributions by Deborah Black Contributions by Jean-Baptiste Brenet Contributions by Marie-Therese Druart Contributions by Alexander Fidora Contributions by Jeremiah Hackett Contributions by Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat Contributions by Jon McGinnis Contributions by Richard C. Taylor Contributions by Jorg Alejandro Tellkamp

Book cover: Philosophical Psychology in Arabic Thought and the Latin Aristotelianism of the 13th Century

Extent: 304 pages

Publisher: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy

Series: Sic et Non

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2013)

ISBN: 9782711624614

5.28 x 8.43 inches

Price: $37.00

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The articles gathered in this volume showcase various facets of the Arabic and Latin philosophical psychology ranging from the Avicennian theories of vision, cogitation and musical awareness to Averroes’s relevance for a proper understanding of Aquinas’s early theory of the intellect as well as the structure of animal knowledge accor


In the 13th, century many of the Latin doctrines of the soul, intellect and perception were heavily influenced by Arabic sources, Avicenna and Averroes being the most significant ones. Their reading of Aristotle’s De anima stresses either a more or less Neoplatonic conceptual framework or a return to the purported Peripatetic roots. This volume deals with the generation and transmission of the Aristotelian science of the soul from Arabic into Latin and, incidentally, into Hebrew. It becomes clear that Latin discussions, such as in Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas or Roger Bacon and John Duns Scotus, should be thought of as the result of the either affirmative incorporation and transformation of the Arabic-Aristotelian tradition or its rejection. The articles gathered in this volume showcase various facets of the Arabic and Latin philosophical psychology ranging from the Avicennian theories of vision, cogitation and musical awareness to Averroes’s relevance for a proper understanding of Aquinas’s early theory of the intellect as well as the structure of animal knowledge according to Albert the Great and Roger Bacon. Even though rooted in different theological and philosophical traditions, it is clear that the Arabic and Latin theories of the soul use a common Aristotelian language.

  • Edited by Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat
  • Edited by Jorg Alejandro Tellkamp
  • Contributions by Bernardo Carlos Bazan
  • Contributions by Deborah Black
  • Contributions by Jean-Baptiste Brenet
  • Contributions by Marie-Therese Druart
  • Contributions by Alexander Fidora
  • Contributions by Jeremiah Hackett
  • Contributions by Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat
  • Contributions by Jon McGinnis
  • Contributions by Richard C. Taylor
  • Contributions by Jorg Alejandro Tellkamp