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The Active Nature of the Soul in Sense Perception: Robert Kilwardby and Peter Olivi
Juhana ToivanenJosé Filipe Silvasubject
Medieval philosophyHistoryPhilosophymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesSubject (philosophy)050301 education06 humanities and the arts0603 philosophy ethics and religion16. Peace & justiceIntellectual historyEpistemologyMedieval historyPhilosophyIntentionalityPerception060302 philosophySoulHistory of philosophy0503 educationmedia_commondescription
AbstractThis article discusses the theories of perception of Robert Kilwardby and Peter of John Olivi. Our aim is to show how in challenging certain assumptions of medieval Aristotelian theories of perception they drew on Augustine and argued for the active nature of the soul in sense perception. For both Kilwardby and Olivi, the soul is not passive with respect to perceived objects; rather, it causes its own cognitive acts with respect to external objects and thus allows the subject to perceive them. We also show that Kilwardby and Olivi differ substantially regarding where the activity of the soul is directed to and the role of the sensible species in the process, and we demonstrate that there are similarities between their ideas of intentionality and the attention of the soul towards the corporeal world.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-01 | Vivarium 48: 245–278 |