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Aristotle on the Common Sense
Pavel Gregoric
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Description for Aristotle on the Common Sense
hardcover. Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Apart from using our eyes to see and our ears to hear, we regularly and effortlessly perform a number of complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include, for example, perceiving that the same object is white and sweet, noticing the difference between white and sweet, or knowing that one's senses are active. Observing that lower animals must be able to perform such operations, and being unprepared to ascribe any share in rationality to them, Aristotle explained such operations with reference to a higher-order perceptual capacity which unites and monitors ... Read more
Apart from using our eyes to see and our ears to hear, we regularly and effortlessly perform a number of complex perceptual operations that cannot be explained in terms of the five senses taken individually. Such operations include, for example, perceiving that the same object is white and sweet, noticing the difference between white and sweet, or knowing that one's senses are active. Observing that lower animals must be able to perform such operations, and being unprepared to ascribe any share in rationality to them, Aristotle explained such operations with reference to a higher-order perceptual capacity which unites and monitors ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Oxford Aristotle Studies
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199277377
SKU
KSG0032861
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Aristotle on the Common Sense
A learned, lucidly written, and compellingly argued treatment of its subject, one that surveys and helpfully synthesizes the immense ancient and modern literature on the topic. It also proposes some novel solutions to a number of long-standing textual and interpretative problems... Students should begin their work on this issue here and experts should attend to it, as an undeniably original ... Read more