The Ontology, Psychology and Axiology of Habits (Habitus) in Medieval Philosophy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Faucher, Nicolas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Roques, Magali (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action, 7
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Medieval philosophy.; Philosophy of mind.; History of Philosophy.; Medieval Philosophy.; Philosophy of Mind.

This book features 20 essays that explore how Latin medieval philosophers and theologians from Anselm to Buridan conceived of habitus, as well as detailed studies of the use of the concept by Augustine and of the reception of the medieval doctrines of habitus in Suàrez and Descartes. Habitus are de...