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Aristotle On Sense Perception: The Enemy Of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: A Reply To Martha Nussbaum And Hilary Putnam, Anthony Crifasi
Aristotle On Sense Perception: The Enemy Of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: A Reply To Martha Nussbaum And Hilary Putnam, Anthony Crifasi
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Among the many contributions to twentieth century philosophical scholarship by Martha Nussbaum and Hilary Putnam was their 1992 essay, “Changing Aristotle’s Mind,” in which they appealed to “the Aristotelian form - matter view as a happy alternative” between Cartesian dualism and materialistic reductionism. On the one hand, they argued, Aristotle’s view escapes Cartesian mind-body dualism because for Aristotle, there can be no description of animal functions “without making these functions ... embodied in some matter...” On the other hand, Aristotle does not reduce psychological functions to matter, because the Aristotelian psuche or soul is not identified with the matter of …
Eudaimonism And The Demands Of Justice, Andrew Payne
Eudaimonism And The Demands Of Justice, Andrew Payne
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
The ancient eudaimonists were not misguided when they gave a prominent place to the human function in their ethical theory. Most modern reconstructions of eudaimonism do not employ the human function in this way. Though this gives them the appearance of being more streamlined and plausible, they fail to unify a life which respects the demands of justice. It is evident that in the Republic and other ancient ethical works humans are presented as acting out of concern for the good of others. They show respect for justice and act from altruistic motivation, and this is one source of value …
A New Look At The Ergon Argument In The Nicomachean Ethics, Alfonso Gomez-Lobo
A New Look At The Ergon Argument In The Nicomachean Ethics, Alfonso Gomez-Lobo
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
It is commonly assumed that the ergon argument consists in an inference which starts from the powers specific or peculiar to man and arrives at a definition of the human good. This would commit Aristotle to some form of naturalism which is either fallacious or at least not available to us because we cannot share his views about human nature. The purpose of the present paper is to show that this interpretation is unsatisfactory. Aristotle's argument is based on a general principle which may be reformulated as follows: "For any x, if x has an ergon y_, then x will …
Towards An Understanding Of De Anima 432a1: Aristotle's Analogy Between The Soul And The Hand, Sarah J. Shorten
Towards An Understanding Of De Anima 432a1: Aristotle's Analogy Between The Soul And The Hand, Sarah J. Shorten
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
Construing cognitive processes as life-functions of animals enable him to suggest the view that some of the problems of 'psycho-physical dualism' and 'facts of consciousness' may be philosophical creations after all.