Ebook: Aquinas’s theory of perception: an analytic reconstruction
- Tags: Thomas, Aquinas Saint, 1225?-1274., Perception (Philosophy)
- Series: Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
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Anthony J. Lisska presents a new analysis of Thomas Aquinas's theory of perception. Approaching the subject from contemporary analytic philosophy, Lisska argues for the importance of inner sense, and suggests a modest 'innate' or 'structured' interpretation for the role of the crucial faculty of vis cogitativa.
Abstract: Anthony J. Lisska presents a new analysis of Thomas Aquinas's theory of perception. Approaching the subject from contemporary analytic philosophy, Lisska argues for the importance of inner sense, and suggests a modest 'innate' or 'structured' interpretation for the role of the crucial faculty of vis cogitativa