Mind, Cognition and Representation

Dr Paul Bakker is Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy, Raboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Johannes Thijssen is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Natural Philosophy, Raboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Contents: Introduction, Paul J.J.M. Bakker and Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen; The mind-soul problem, Robert Pasnau; A short introduction to James of Douai's philosophy of mind, Guy Guldentops; 'The universal living thing is either nothing or posterior'. Radalphus Brito's Quaestiones super Libros De anima, Mary Sirridge; Making Aristotle modern. John Buridan on psychology and language, Henrik Lagerlund; Self-knowledge and self-representation in later medieval psychology, Jack Zupko; Materialism in the philosophy of mind. Nicholas of Amsterdam's Quaestiones De anima, Olaf Pluta; The renaissance debate on the immortality of the soul. Pietro Pomponazzi and the plurality of substantial forms, Lorenzo Casini; Natural philosophy, metaphysics, or something in between? Agostino Nifo, Pietro Pomponazzi, and Marcantonio Genua on the nature and place of the science of the soul, Paul J.J.M. Bakker; Suárez on cognitive intentions, Tuomo Aho; Attention please! Theories of selective attention in late Aristotelian and early modern philosophy, Cees Leijenhorst; Bibliography; Index.