Therese Scarpelli Cory

Aquinas on Human Self-Knowledge

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of Aquinas's theory of self-knowledge, situated within the mid-thirteenth-century debate and his own maturing thought on human nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781316502334
• ISBN-10: 1316502333
• Artikelnr.: 44035692

Autorenporträt

Therese Scarpelli Cory is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Historical and Textual Origins: 1. The development of a medieval debate
2. The trajectory of Aquinas's theory of self-knowledge, 1252¿72
Part II. Phenomena and Problems: 3. Perceiving myself: the content of actual self-awareness
4. Perceiving myself: is self-awareness an intuitive act?
5. The significance of self-presence: habitual self-awareness
6. Implicit vs explicit self-awareness and the duality of conscious thought
7. Discovering the soul's nature: quidditative self-knowledge
8. Self-knowledge and psychological personhood
Conclusion.