Aristotle on the common sense

• Main Author: Gregoric, Pavel 1972-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007
• Series: Oxford Aristotle studies
• Subjects: Αριστοτέλης > 384-322 > Ερμηνεία και κριτική; Αριστοτελική φιλοσοφία; Λογική

Table of Contents:

• I. The Framework. Aristotle's project and methods The perceptual capacity of the soul The sensory apparatus The common sense and the realted capacities II. The terminology. Overlooked occurrences of the phrase 'common sense' De anima III.1 425a27 De partibus animalium IV.10 686a31 De memoria et reminiscentia 1 450a10 De anima III.7 431b5 Conclusions on the terminology III. Functions of the common sense. Simultaneous perception and cross-modal binding Perceptual discrimination Waking, sleep, and control of the senses Perceiving that what we see and hear, and monitory of the senses Other roles of the common sense Conclusion