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Ancient Greek psychology : and the modern mind-body debate / Erik Nis Ostenfeld

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Academia Philosophical Studies ; Bd. 63Publisher: Baden-Baden : Academia Verlag, 2018Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (179 Seiten)ISBN:
  • 9783896657602
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783896657596 | Erscheint auch als: Ancient Greek psychology and the modern mind-body debate. Druck-Ausgabe 2nd edition. Baden-Baden : Academia Verlag, 2018. 179 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 128/.2/0938
  • 128.20938
  • 100
RVK: RVK: CC 6600DOI: DOI: 10.5771/9783896657602Online resources: Summary: The mind-body problem is central to the modern philosophical and cultural debate because we cannot understand what man is until we understand what consciousness is and how it interacts with the body. Although many suggestions have been offered, no convincing account has as yet appeared. Perhaps it was all mistaken ideology from the start? A crucial (and fatal?) distinction was made by modern natural science in the 17th century between the subjective/qualitative and the objective/quantitative.The ancient Greeks, notably Plato and Aristotle, focused not on consciousness and experience, but on goal-directed reason/form, and the contrast was not mechanical matter, but the particular. The latter owed its intelligibility and being to reason and form and did not, therefore, constitute a realm of its own. Hence the ancient picture of man did not fall apart either. According to this study, the soul is conceived of as a dynamictelic aspect of the human organism.Considering the problems and consequent scepticism that confronts modern reductionism and the recent appearance of holistic ideology in many areas it is suggested that we take a fresh look at the alternative conceptual framework of our ancient Greek ancestors.PPN: PPN: 1066499020Package identifier: Produktsigel: GBV-18-NOL | ZDB-1-NOL | ZDB-1-NOLG | ZDB-1-NPH | ZDB-1-NSW | ZDB-18-NOL | ZDB-18-NPH | ZDB-18-NSW | GBV-18-NDS
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