Mark A Johnstone
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6346038 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Mark A Johnstone |
| PRENOMES | Mark A |
| SOBRENOME | Johnstone |
| ASSINATURA | JOHNSTONE M A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | McMaster University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Aristotle on the Unity of Touch
Aristotle is history's most famous and influential proponent of the view that there are exactly five senses.But was he entitled to hold this view, given his other commitments?In particular, was he entitled to treat touch as a single sense, given the diversity of its correlated objects?In this paper, I argue that Aristotle wished to individuate touch on the basis of its correlated objects, just as he had the other four senses.I also argue, contrar…
Plato on the Enslavement of Reason
In Republic 8–9, Socrates describes four main kinds of vicious people, all of whose souls are “ruled” by an element other than reason, and in some of whom reason is said to be “enslaved.” What role does reason play in such souls? In this paper, I argue, based on Republic 8–9 and related passages, and in contrast to some common alternative views, that for Plato the “enslavement” of reason consists in this: instead of determining for itself what is…
Tyrannized Souls
In book 9 of Plato's Republic, Socrates describes the nature and origins of the ‘tyrannical man’, whose soul is said to be ‘like’ a tyrannical city. In this paper, I examine the nature of the ‘government’ that exists within the tyrannical man's soul. I begin by demonstrating the inadequacy of three potentially attractive views sometimes found in the literature on Plato: the view that the tyrannical man's soul is ruled by his ‘lawless’ unnecessary…
Aristotle and Alexander on Perceptual Error
Aristotle sometimes claims that (i) the perception of special perceptibles by their proper sense is unerring. This claim is striking, since it might seem that we quite often misperceive things like colours, sounds and smells. Aristotle also claims that (ii) the perception of common perceptibles (e.g. shape, number, movement) is more prone to error than the perception of special perceptibles. This is puzzling in its own right, and also places cons…
Anarchic Souls
In books 8 and 9 of Plato’s Republic , Socrates provides a detailed account of the nature and origins of four main kinds of vice found in political constitutions and in the kinds of people that correspond to them. The third of the four corrupt kinds of person he describes is the ‘democratic man’. In this paper, I ask what ‘rules’ in the democratic man’s soul. It is commonly thought that his soul is ruled in some way by its appetitive part, or by …
Aristotle On Odour And Smell
The sense of smell occupies a peculiar intermediate position in Aristotle's theory of sense perception: odours, like colours and sounds, are perceived at a distance through an external medium; yet in their nature they are intimately related to flavours, the proper objects of taste, which for Aristotle is a form of touch. This paper examines Aristotle's claims about odour and smell, especially in De Anima II.9 and De Sensu 5, to see what light the…
Aristotle and Alexander on Perceptual Error
Aristotle sometimes claims that (i) the perception of special perceptibles by their proper sense is unerring. This claim is striking, since it might seem that we quite often misperceive things like colours, sounds and smells. Aristotle also claims that (ii) the perception of common perceptibles (e.g. shape, number, movement) is more prone to error than the perception of special perceptibles. This is puzzling in its own right, and also places cons…
Aristotle On Odour And Smell
The sense of smell occupies a peculiar intermediate position in Aristotle's theory of sense perception: odours, like colours and sounds, are perceived at a distance through an external medium; yet in their nature they are intimately related to flavours, the proper objects of taste, which for Aristotle is a form of touch. This paper examines Aristotle's claims about odour and smell, especially in De Anima II.9 and De Sensu 5, to see what light the…
Anarchic Souls
In books 8 and 9 of Plato’s Republic , Socrates provides a detailed account of the nature and origins of four main kinds of vice found in political constitutions and in the kinds of people that correspond to them. The third of the four corrupt kinds of person he describes is the ‘democratic man’. In this paper, I ask what ‘rules’ in the democratic man’s soul. It is commonly thought that his soul is ruled in some way by its appetitive part, or by …
Tyrannized Souls
In book 9 of Plato's Republic, Socrates describes the nature and origins of the ‘tyrannical man’, whose soul is said to be ‘like’ a tyrannical city. In this paper, I examine the nature of the ‘government’ that exists within the tyrannical man's soul. I begin by demonstrating the inadequacy of three potentially attractive views sometimes found in the literature on Plato: the view that the tyrannical man's soul is ruled by his ‘lawless’ unnecessary…
Aristotle and Alexander on Perceptual Error
Aristotle sometimes claims that (i) the perception of special perceptibles by their proper sense is unerring. This claim is striking, since it might seem that we quite often misperceive things like colours, sounds and smells. Aristotle also claims that (ii) the perception of common perceptibles (e.g. shape, number, movement) is more prone to error than the perception of special perceptibles. This is puzzling in its own right, and also places cons…
Plato on the Enslavement of Reason
In Republic 8–9, Socrates describes four main kinds of vicious people, all of whose souls are “ruled” by an element other than reason, and in some of whom reason is said to be “enslaved.” What role does reason play in such souls? In this paper, I argue, based on Republic 8–9 and related passages, and in contrast to some common alternative views, that for Plato the “enslavement” of reason consists in this: instead of determining for itself what is…
Aristotle on the Unity of Touch
Aristotle is history's most famous and influential proponent of the view that there are exactly five senses.But was he entitled to hold this view, given his other commitments?In particular, was he entitled to treat touch as a single sense, given the diversity of its correlated objects?In this paper, I argue that Aristotle wished to individuate touch on the basis of its correlated objects, just as he had the other four senses.I also argue, contrar…
Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 obras) · Epistemology (6 obras) · Philosophy (6 obras) · Historical Philosophy and Science (5 obras) · Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · SOCRATES (3 obras) · Soul (3 obras) · The Republic (3 obras) · Ancient philosophy (2 obras)