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Mind, Method, and Morality : Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny.
Title:
Mind, Method, and Morality : Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny.
Author:
Cottingham, John.
ISBN:
9780191573019
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1 online resource (408 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Aristotle -- 1. The Good, the Noble, and the Theoretical in Eudemian Ethics VIII.3 -- 2. 'The Opinion of Aristotle concerning Destiny and What is Up to Us' -- 3. Weakness and Impetuosity -- 4. An Approach to Aristotelian Actuality -- Part II: Aquinas -- 5. The Role of Consent in Aquinas's Theory of Action -- 6. Kenny and Aquinas on the Metaphysics of Mind -- 7. 'Whatever is Changing is Being Changed by Something Else': A Reappraisal of Premise One of the First Way -- 8. The Action of God -- Part III: Descartes -- 9. The Physics and Metaphysics of the Mind: Descartes and Regius -- 10. Cartesian Autonomy -- 11. Descartes's Theory of Perceptual Cognition and the Question of Moral Sensibility -- 12. Descartes and the Immortality of the Soul -- Part IV: Wittgenstein -- 13. The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology -- 14. Concepts: Between the Subjective and the Objective -- 15. Some Remarks on 'Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy of Mind' -- 16. A Tale of Two Problems: Wittgenstein's Discussion of Aspect Perception -- Bibliography of the Works of Anthony Kenny -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Sixteen philosophers offer specially written essays on the themes of mind, method and morality in the work of Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein. These themes reflect the contribution of Anthony Kenny to our understanding of the Western philosophical tradition, and of these thinkers in particular.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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