Aristotle’s Psycho-physiological Account of the Soul-Body Relationship
Psyche and Soma March 16, 2000 DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198238409.003.0004 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that Aristotle's remarks on the soul and body are conceptually sophisticated and continue to stimulate contemporary debate in philosophy of mind and cognitive science, showing similarities to modern approaches. |
Abstract
Abstract Aristotle’s remarks on the soul and its relationship to the body, perhaps more than those of any other ancient philosopher, continue to be welcomed as stimulating contributions to contemporary debate in the philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences. Indeed, no modern reader with an interest in philosophical psychology will fail to be impressed by the high degree of conceptual sophistication Aristotle displays on such topics as perception, awareness, memory, dreaming, imagination, desire, thinking, and on the involvement of physical factors in all these processes, his work at times presenting striking similarities to some of the approaches taken in the modern debate.