Zabarella and the Intentionality of Sensation

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

21 p.

Publication Date

2002

Publisher

Franco Angeli

Source Publication

Rivista di Storia della Filosofia

Source ISSN

0393-2516

Abstract

In this paper, I examine Zabarella’s account of the intentionality of sensation. By looking at both his account of the production of the sensible species as well as proper activity of the human soul in the process of sensation, I show that he has carefully reinterpreted standard medieval theories of sensation. Most notably, his account of intentionality as a kind of mental attention seems to point towards a type of Cartesian dualism, but at the same time attempts to remain faithful to the basic insights of the Aristotelian tradition concerning sensation.

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Rivista di Storia della Filosofia, No. 1 (2002): 1-21. Permalink.

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