The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology

287 Pages·2008·4.98 MB·English

by  Thomas M. Lennon

THEACHILLESOFRATIONALISTPSYCHOLOGY
STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
OF MIND
Volume7
Editors
HenrikLagerlund,TheUniversityofWesternOntario,Canada
MikkoYrjönsuuri,AcademyofFinlandandUniversityofJyväskylä,Finland
BoardofConsultingEditors
LilliAlanen,UppsalaUniversity,Sweden
JoëlBiard,UniversityofTours,France
MichaelDellaRocca,YaleUniversity,U.S.A.
EyjólfurEmilsson,UniversityofOslo,Norway
AndréGombay,UniversityofToronto,Canada
PatriciaKitcher,ColumbiaUniversity,U.S.A.
SimoKnuuttila,UniversityofHelsinki,Finland
BéatriceM.Longuenesse,NewYorkUniversity,U.S.A.
CalvinNormore,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,U.S.A.
AimsandScope
Theaimoftheseriesistofosterhistoricalresearchintothenatureofthinkingand
the workings of the mind. The volumes address topics of intellectual history that
wouldnowadaysfallintodifferentdisciplineslikephilosophyofmind,philosoph-
icalpsychology,artificialintelligence,cognitivescience,etc.Themonographsand
collections of articles in the series are historically reliable as well as congenialto
thecontemporaryreader.Theyprovideoriginalinsightsintocentralcontemporary
problemsbylookingattheminhistoricalcontexts,addressingissueslikeconscious-
ness,representationandintentionality,mindandbody,theselfandtheemotions.In
thisway,thebooksopenupnewperspectivesforresearchonthesetopics.
THE ACHILLES OF RATIONALIST
PSYCHOLOGY
Editedby
THOMASM.LENNON
UniversityofWesternOntario,London,ON,Canada
and
ROBERT J. STAINTON
UniversityofWesternOntario,London,ON,Canada
Editors
ThomasM.Lennon RobertJ.Stainton
UniversityofWesternOntario UniversityofWesternOntario
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Contents
Introduction ...................................................... 1
T.M.LennonandR.J.Stainton
1 DidPlatoArticulatetheAchillesArgument? ...................... 19
KarenMargretheNielsen
2 AristotleontheUnityofConsciousness ........................... 43
JohnThorp
3 TheNeoplatonicAchilles........................................ 59
DevinHenry
4 TheUnityoftheSoulandContraryAppetitesinMedievalPhilosophy 75
HenrikLagerlund
5 Hume,SpinozaandtheAchillesInference ......................... 93
ShannonDea
6 LockeandtheAchillesArgument ................................115
Jean-PierreSchachter
7 TheReverseAchillesinLocke ...................................133
BenjaminHill
8 CudworthandBayle:AnOddCouple? ...........................139
ThomasM.Lennon
9 The AchillesArgumentandtheNatureofMatterintheClarke
CollinsCorrespondence.........................................159
MarleenRozemond
10 Leibniz’s‘Achilles’ .............................................177
Jean-PierreSchachter
11 Hume’sReplytotheAchillesArgument ..........................193
LorneFalkenstein
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12 KantandMendelssohnontheImplicationsofthe‘IThink’ .........215
BrigitteSassen
13 KantontheAchillesArgument ...................................235
WilliamHarper
14 WilliamJamesandtheAchillesArgument ........................247
HunterBrown
15 TheBindingProblem:Achillesinthe21stCentury.................257
ChristopherViger,RobynBluhmandShardayMosurinjohn
Bibliography.......................................................277
AuthorIndex ......................................................287
Contributors
RobynBluhm
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
HunterBrown
DepartmentofPhilosophy,266EpworthAvenue,King’sUniversityCollege,London,
ONM6A2M3,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
ShannonDea
Department of Philosophy, 200 University Avenue West, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo,ONN2L3G1,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
LorneFalkenstein
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
WilliamHarper
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
DevinHenry
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
BenjaminHill
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
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viii Contributors
HenrikLagerlund
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
ThomasM.Lennon
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
ShardayMosurinjohn
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
KarenMargretheNielsen
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
MarleenRozemond
Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Missisauga, 3359 Missisauga
Rd.N.,Missisauga,ONL5L1C6,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
BrigitteSassen
DepartmentofPhilosophy,McMasterUniversity,1280MainStreetWest,Hamilton,
ONL8S4L8,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
Jean-PierreSchachter
DepartmentofPhilosophy,TheUniversityofWesternOntario,64SherwoodAve.,
London,ONN6A2E2,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
JohnThorp
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
R.J.Stainton
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]
Contributors ix
ChristopherViger
Department of Philosophy, Talbot College, Richmond Street, The University
ofWesternOntario,London,ONN6A3K7,Canada
e-mail:[email protected]