Soul and Body in Aristotle's Theory of Perception
Journal of the history of philosophy March 31, 2026 Joshua Trubowitz, J. Stern, Evan Sommers et al.
abstract:A widespread view has it that, for Aristotle, perception's psychological and physiological aspects are phenomenal consciousness and its underlying material basis. I argue on the contrary that they are judgment/discrimination and receptivity: in virtue of our sense organs, we are receptive to objects of perception; in virtue of our souls, we judge or discriminate these objects. In...