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Peter of John Olivi on the Psychology of Animal Action
Ist Teil von
Journal of the history of philosophy, 2011-10, Vol.49 (4), p.413-438
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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Quelle
Project MUSE: Universal journals
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Recent studies have shown that his revolutionary conception of the freedom of the will is a turning point in medieval philosophical psychology and that his theory of cognition is original and philosophically highly interesting.1 Olivi is sometimes depicted as a spiritualist theologian, who is interested in philosophical questions only when they bear theological relevance, and whose philosophical discussions are mainly aimed at showing that philosophy cannot arrive at definite truths.2 Although there is certainly some truth in this view, a larger perspective on Olivi's philosophical psychology shows that he was interested in psychological issues for their own sake. [...] section 8 arrives at an interpretation in which various aspects of Olivi's view on the psychology of animal action are brought together. 2.