Tommaso Alpina
Biographic Data
| ID | 5923795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tommaso Alpina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tommaso |
| FAMILY NAME | Alpina |
| SIGNATURE | ALPINA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Research Associate, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Bayern Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9533-8404 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Science of the Soul in Ibn Sīnā’s Pointers and Reminders
Between Matter and Form
According to Avicenna, the perfect (or complete) disposition ( istiʿdād kāmil / tāmm ) turns prime matter, which is potentially receptive to every form (or power, or quality), into complected matter, which is endowed with uniform quality. The latter, i.e., complexion ( mizāǧ ) or complexional form ( ṣūra mizāǧiyya ), is suitable to receive some particular form (or power, or quality) and not another. The question arises as to how matter acquires i…
Exercising Impartiality to Favor Aristotle
This article analyses Avicenna's Ḥayawān III, 1, which deals with the well-known disagreement between physicians and philosophers on the origination of blood vessels (arteries and veins) and nerves. However, the proposed analysis is not limited to this chapter and its main topic. The more general purpose of this article is to reconstruct the psycho-medical context in which Avicenna's exposition lies, that is, the soul's oneness and the consequent…
The Soul of , the Soul in Itself , and the Flying Man Experiment
In Avicenna's Nafs there are two investigations that run in parallel from its very beginning: (a) the investigation of the soul as a relational entity, always considered in connection with the body, and (b) that of the human soul in itself . Both investigations aim at ascertaining the existence and the essence of the soul, in relation to the body, of which it is the soul, and in itself respectively. The aim of this contribution is to reconstruct …
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The Soul of , the Soul in Itself , and the Flying Man Experiment
In Avicenna's Nafs there are two investigations that run in parallel from its very beginning: (a) the investigation of the soul as a relational entity, always considered in connection with the body, and (b) that of the human soul in itself . Both investigations aim at ascertaining the existence and the essence of the soul, in relation to the body, of which it is the soul, and in itself respectively. The aim of this contribution is to reconstruct …
Exercising Impartiality to Favor Aristotle
This article analyses Avicenna's Ḥayawān III, 1, which deals with the well-known disagreement between physicians and philosophers on the origination of blood vessels (arteries and veins) and nerves. However, the proposed analysis is not limited to this chapter and its main topic. The more general purpose of this article is to reconstruct the psycho-medical context in which Avicenna's exposition lies, that is, the soul's oneness and the consequent…
Between Matter and Form
According to Avicenna, the perfect (or complete) disposition ( istiʿdād kāmil / tāmm ) turns prime matter, which is potentially receptive to every form (or power, or quality), into complected matter, which is endowed with uniform quality. The latter, i.e., complexion ( mizāǧ ) or complexional form ( ṣūra mizāǧiyya ), is suitable to receive some particular form (or power, or quality) and not another. The question arises as to how matter acquires i…
Science of the Soul in Ibn Sīnā’s Pointers and Reminders
Medieval and Classical Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Soul (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Families in Therapy and Culture (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · Biology (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)