Attention, Perception, and Thought in Aristotle

In the first part of the paper, I’ll rehearse an argument that perceiving that we see and hear isn’t a special case of perception in Aristotle but is rather a necessary condition for any perception whatsoever: the turning of one’s attention to the affection of the sense organs. In the second part of the paper, I’ll consider the thesis that the activity of the active intellect is analogous to perceiving that we see and hear

Affection · Argument (complex analysis) · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Intellect · Perception · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

• Aristotle on Attention

  Open Access•Elena Cagnoli Fiecconi•Archiv für Geschichte der…•2021

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• When and Why Understanding Needs Phantasmata

  Caleb M Cohoe, Caleb Cohoe•Phronesis•2016

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• Substance and Separation in Aristotle

  Open Access•Lynne Spellman•Substance and Separation in…•1995

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• Aristotle on Consciousness

  Victor Caston•Mind•2002

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• Why Aristotle Needs Imagination

  Victor Caston•Phronesis•1996

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• Aristotle's Two Intellects

  Victor Caston•Phronesis•1999

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• Substance and Separation in Aristotle

  Gail Fine, Lynne Spellman•The Philosophical Review•1996

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• Perceiving that We Perceive

  L A Kosman•The Philosophical Review•1975

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• Essays on Aristotle's De Anima

  D W Hamlyn, Martha C Nussbaum et al.•The Philosophical Quarterly•1993

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• Aristotle, De anima 3. 2

  Open Access•Catherine Osborne•The Classical Quarterly•1983

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