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Estimative Power as a Social Sense (2020)
Toivanen, J. (2020). Estimative Power as a Social Sense. In S. N. Mousavian, & J. L. Fink (Eds.), The Internal Senses in the Aristotelian Tradition (pp. 115-136). Springer International Publishing. Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33408-6_7
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All authors or editors: Toivanen, Juhana
Parent publication: The Internal Senses in the Aristotelian Tradition
Parent publication editors: Mousavian, Seyed N.; Fink, Jakob Leth
ISBN: 978-3-030-33407-9
eISBN: 978-3-030-33408-6
Journal or series: Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
ISSN: 1573-5834
eISSN: 2542-9922
Publication year: 2020
Number in series: 22
Pages range: 115-136
Number of pages in the book: 171
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33408-6_7
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72425
Abstract
The estimative power has been widely discussed in modern scholarly literature. This chapter complements the existing picture by analysing medieval Latin views concerning its role as the explanans of the social behaviour of humans and other animals. Although medieval authors rarely focus on this function, the chapter shows that the estimative power plays an important explanatory role both in philosophical psychology and political philosophy.
Keywords: philosophy; psychology; Middle Ages; Medieval philosophy; social behaviour; Latin literature
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- Transforming the Political Animal: Rationality, Choice, and the Common Good 1250-1600
- Toivanen, Juhana
- Academy of Finland
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Reporting Year: 2020
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