Title | Averroes on Knowing Essences |
Type | Book Section |
Language | English |
Date | 2019 |
Published in | Interpreting Averroes. Critical Essays |
Pages | 116–137 |
Categories | De anima, Commentary |
Author(s) | David Wirmer |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
A study of Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle's De Anima, which explores the mechanism by which the human mind grasps the essences of things. It is shown that, in response to his fellow Andalusian philosopher Ibn Bajja, Averroes understands intellection to involve a reflexive activity whereby the mind grasps itself as a possessor of concepts. This allows him to avoid reifying intelligibles as mind-independent objects of thought. |
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Title | Averroes on Knowing Essences |
Type | Book Section |
Language | English |
Date | 2019 |
Published in | Interpreting Averroes. Critical Essays |
Pages | 116–137 |
Categories | De anima, Commentary |
Author(s) | David Wirmer |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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