Typically hylomorphists discuss their theory historically in terms of what Aristotle, Aquinas, or some other philosopher of the past has claimed. That is not my approach! The hylomorphic theory I defend dovetails with current work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and scientific disciplines such as biology and neuroscience. I argue …
The Spanish Philosophy journal teorema is pleased to announce an essay competition for young scholars. The winner will receive 1500€, and the essay will be published and acknowledged as winner in the journal. Topic: Perceiving Other Minds Access to other people’s mental states has frequently been thought to be a …
Structure and the Metaphysics of Mind: How Hylomorphism Solves the Mind-Body Problem (Oxford University Press 2016) is about hylomorphism and its implications for the philosophy of mind. I argue that hylomorphism implies elegant solutions to mind-body problems. Hylomorphism’s basic idea is that some individuals, paradigmatically living things, consist of materials …
Fifth entry on mental imagery: implications for aesthetics. As a reward for following this far, today we’ll have some fun and look at pictures. And not pictures of Bence talking!!
This is my fourth entry on mental imagery: this time on the consequences of all this for epistemology. Mental imagery: Perceptual processing that is not triggered by corresponding sensory stimulation in the relevant sense modality. How is it triggered then?
This is my third entry on mental imagery, this time on the role of multimodal mental imagery. Mental imagery: Perceptual processing that is not triggered by corresponding sensory stimulation in the relevant sense modality.
This is my second entry on mental imagery, this time on the role mental imagery plays in everyday perception. Mental imagery: Perceptual processing that is not triggered by corresponding sensory stimulation in the relevant sense modality.
