1st Edition

The History of the Philosophy of Mind Six volume set

    1994 Pages
    by Routledge

    The History of the Philosophy of Mind is a major six-volume reference collection, covering the key topics, thinkers and debates within philosophy of mind, from Antiquity to the present day. Each volume is edited by a leading scholar in the field and comprises chapters written by an international team of specially commissioned contributors.

    Including a general introduction by Rebecca Copenhaver and Christopher Shields, and fully cross-referenced within and across the six volumes, The History of the Philosophy of Mind is an essential resource for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, and will also be of interest to those in many related disciplines, including Classics, Religion, Literature, History of Psychology, and Cognitive Science.

    Vol.1 Philosophy of Mind in Antiquity, edited by John E. Sisko

    Vol.2 Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages, edited by Margaret Cameron

    Vol.3 Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, edited by Stephan Schmid

    Vol.4 Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages, edited by Rebecca Copenhaver

    Vol.5 Philosophy of Mind in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Sandra Lapointe

    Vol.6 Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, edited by Amy Kind

    General Editors: Rebecca Copenhaver and Christopher Shields

    Volume 1: Philosophy of Mind in Antiquity

    Introduction John E. Sisko

    1. Presocratic Interest in Persistence of Soul upon Death John Palmer

    2. Presocratic Accounts Of Perception And Cognition Patricia Curd

    3. Soul, Perception, and Thought in the Hippocratic Corpus Hynek Bartoš

    4. Plato’s Guide To Living With Your Body Russell E. Jones and Patricia Marechal

    5. Plato and the Tripartition of Soul Rachel Singpurwalla

    6. Plato and Cosmology, Theology and Cognition G. Betegh

    7. The Power of Aristotle’s Hylomorphic Approach Kelsey Ward and Ronald Polansky

    8. Aristotle on the Intellect and Limits of Natural Science Christopher Frey

    9. Aristotle on the Cognition of Time John Bowin

    10. Aristotle on Mind, Perception, and Body John E. Sisko

    11. The Stoics Vanessa de Harven

    12. Mind in an Atomistic World: Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition Francesca Masi and Francesco Verde

    13. Galen's Philosophy of Mind R.J. Hankinson

    14. Plotinus Ana Laura Edelhoff

    15. Intellect in Alexander of Aphrodisias and John Philoponus: divine, human or both? Frans A.J. de Haas.

    Index

     

    Volume 2: Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages

    Introduction Margaret Cameron

    1. Peter Abelard on Mental Perception Margaret Cameron

    2. The Problem of Intellectual Cognition of Material Singulars between 1250 – 1310 David Piché

    3. Avicenna and the Issue of Intellectual Abstraction of Intelligibles Richard Taylor

    4. Duns Scotus on Freedom as a Pure Perfection: Necessity and Contingency Cruz González-Ayesta

    5. Soul, Will, and Choice in Islamic and Jewish Contexts Sarah Pessin

    6. Perceptual Experience: Assembling a Medieval Picture Juhana Toivanen

    7. The Systematization of the Passions in the Thirteenth Century Henrik Lagerlund

    8. Soul and Agent Intellect in Avicenna and Aquinas Kara Richardson

    9. The Complexity of the Soul and the Problem of Unity in the Thirteenth Century Andrew Arlig

    10. The Phenomenology of Immortality (1200 – 1400) Christina Van Dyke

    11. Morality Peter Eardley

    12. The Self John Marenbon.

    Index

     

    Volume 3: Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance

    Introduction Stephan Schmid

    1. Mind and Method Dominik Perler

    2. The Mind and Its Illnesses: Accounts of Mental Life among Late Medieval and Renaissance Physicians Guido Giglioni

    3. The Soul and its Parts: Debates about the Powers of the Soul Paul J.J.M. Bakker

    4. Averroism and the Metaphysics of Intellect: from John of Jandun to Jacob Zabarella Jean-Baptiste Brenet

    5. The Function of the Intellect: Intentionality and Representationalism Paolo Rubini

    6. Late Medieval Theories of (Self-)Consciousness Sonja Schierbaum

    7. Renaissance Debates about the Will and its Freedom Sydney Penner

    8. Late Scholastic Debates About External and Internal Senses: In the Direction of Francisco Suárez (1548–1617) Daniel Heider

    9. Renaissance Theories of the Passions: Embodied Minds Sabrina Ebbersmeyer

    10. The Mind–Body Problem and the Rise of Dualism Sander W. de Boer

    11. The Immortality of the Soul Lorenzo Casini

    12. Late scholastics and Renaissance humanists on the passions in moral action Eileen Sweeney

    13. Renaissance facultative logic and the workings of the mind: the ‘cognitive turn’ Marco Sgarbi.

    Index

     

    Volume 4: Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern and Modern Ages

    Introduction Rebecca Copenhaver

    1. ‘Where is My Mind?:’ Locating the Mind Metaphysically in Hobbes Amy M. Schmitter

    2. The Cambridge Platonists: Material and Immaterial Substance Jasper Reid

    3. Descartes’s Philosophy of Mind and its Early Critics Antonia LoLordo

    4. Consciousness and Reflection: The Later Cartesians Steven Nadler

    5. Malebranche on Mind Julie Walsh

    6. Cavendish and Conway on the Individual Human Mind Karen Detlefsen

    7. Locke and Metaphysics of ‘State of Sensibility’ Vili Lähteenmäki

    8. Spinoza on thinking substance and the non-substantial mind Beth Lord

    9. Two Theories of Mind as an Immaterial Substance: Descartes and Leibniz Martha Brandt Bolton

    10. Leibniz on Perception, Sensation, Apperception, and Conscientia Christian Barth

    11. Leibniz on Appetitions and Desires Julia Jorati

    12. The Clarke Collins Correspondence William Uzgalis

    13. Mental Substance and Mental Activity Margaret Atherton

    14. Thomas Reid’s Common Sense Philosophy of Mind Todd Buras

    15. Persons and Passions in Hume’s Philosophy of Mind Angela Coventry

    16. Kant on the Mind Andrew Brook.

    Index

     

    Volume 5: History of Philosophy of Mind in the Nineteenth Century

    Introduction Sandra Lapointe

    1. Representation, Consciousness, and Mind in German Idealism Clinton Tolley

    2. Bolzano’s Philosophy of Mind and Action Sandra Lapointe

    3. Johann Friedrich Herbart on Mind Wolfgang Huemer and Christoph Landerer

    4. Ernst Mach’s Contributions to the Philosophy of Mind Erik C. Banks

    5. Helmholtz’s Physiological Psychology Lydia Patton

    6. Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Mind Mattia Riccardi

    7. William James’s Naturalistic account of Concepts and his ‘Rejection of Logic’ Henry Jackman

    8. Sigmund Freud on Brain and Mind Bettina Bergo

    9. Brentano’s Early Philosophy of Mind Robin D. Rollinger

    10. Meinong on Mind Peter Simons

    11. ‘Apprehending a Multitude as a Unity’: Stumpf on Perceiving Space and Hearing Chords Mark Textor

    12. Christian von Ehrenfels on the Mind and its Metaphysics Carlo Ierna

    13. Edmund Husserl: From Intentionality to Transcendental Phenomenology Paul M. Livingstone

    14. Natorp’s Two-Dimensional Mind Alan Kim.

    Index

     

    Volume 6: Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

    Introduction Amy Kind

    1. Philosophy of Mind in the Phenomenological Tradition Philip J. Walsh and Jeff Yoshimi

    2. The Mind-Body Problem in the 20th Century Amy Kind

    3. A Short History of Philosophical Theories of Consciousness in the 20th Century Tim Crane

    4. 20th Century Theories of Perception Nico Orlandi

    5. 20th Century Theories of Personal Identity Jens Johansson

    6. Introspecting in the 20th Century Maja Spener

    7. Mental Causation Julie Yoo

    8. Intentionality: From Brentano to Representationalism Michelle Montague

    9. Wittgenstein and His Legacy Severin Schroeder

    10. The Boundaries of the Mind Katalin Farkas

    11. The Rise of Cognitive Science in the 20th Century Carrie Figdor

    12. Future Directions for Philosophy of Mind Susan Schneider and Pete Mandik.

    Index

    Biography

     General Editors: Rebecca Copenhaver and Christopher Shields

    Vol.1 Philosophy of Mind in Antiquity, edited by John E. Sisko

    Vol.2 Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages, edited by Margaret Cameron

    Vol.3 Philosophy of Mind in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, edited by Stephan Schmid

    Vol.4 Philosophy of Mind in the Early Modern Age and Modern Age, edited by Rebecca Copenhaver

    Vol.5 Philosophy of Mind in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Sandra Lapointe

    Vol.6 Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, edited by Amy Kind

     

    'A monumental resource for anyone interested in the human mind and the history of philosophical attempts to understand it. Students who consult these volumes will appreciate the multiple branching paths that connect past philosophical writings to those of the present. The juxtapositions of topics and historical figures in each volume can help researchers in contemporary philosophy of mind identify precedents for contemporary positions.' - Susanna Siegel, Harvard University, USA

    'This six-volume history of the philosophy of mind is a compendious tour-de-force, tracing the sources of modern problems to a vibrant philosophical conversation ranging from antiquity to the present day. This is a special and uniquely wide-ranging resource for anyone, from the novice to the expert, with an interest in the nature of mind and its faculties, as well as its relation to the body and the physical world.' - Samuel Rickless, University of California San Diego, USA

    'These six volumes constitute an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of mind and the history of philosophy – as well as metaphysics, psychology, and cognitive science – and I recommend them, with great enthusiasm, to all. Together they illuminate areas of inquiry that may be unfamiliar to contemporary philosophers of mind, and reveal unappreciated subtleties and continuities in theories of mind throughout the history of philosophy.' - Janet Levin, University of Southern California, USA

    'A comprehensive and illuminating guide to the history of Western theories of the mind, ranging over every aspect of the enduring philosophical debate, from consciousness to perception, and from will to the passions. These volumes collectively offer a state-of-the-art presentation of the field.' - Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado Boulder, USA