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Thomas Aquinas
Also known as: Aquinas
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Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 4 facts
claimScholars debate whether Thomas Aquinas viewed self-awareness as sensory in character or whether the self is perceptible, with interpretations of his work varying between positive and negative answers.
claimRobert Pasnau provided a philosophical study of Thomas Aquinas's views on human nature in his 2002 book 'Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature: A Philosophical Study of Summa Theologaie 1a 75–89'.
referenceTherese Scarpelli Cory examines Thomas Aquinas's philosophical views on human self-knowledge in her 2014 book 'Aquinas on Human Self-Knowledge'.
claimThomas Aquinas synthesized Platonic and Aristotelian traditions by distinguishing between two forms of self-awareness: awareness that one exists, for which the mere presence of the mind suffices, and awareness of one's essence, which requires cognizing other things.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 3 facts
perspectiveThomas Aquinas argued that prayers addressed to saints (excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary) should be directed to the 'soul of the saint' rather than the saint themselves, because the soul is only a complete person when united with the body.
claimThomas Aquinas identified the soul, intellect, and form as a substance, effectively treating them as a single entity within his philosophical system.
claimThomas Aquinas held that without the body, the aspects of a person's memory that depend on corporeal images are lost.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimScholastic scholars like Thomas Aquinas propagated Aristotle’s view, which suggested an ontological monism rather than a dualistic model of the mind and body.
Virtue Epistemology, Anyone? - The Philosophers' Magazine - philosophersmag.com 1 fact
claimVirtue epistemology has a philosophical pedigree that includes Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, and Bertrand Russell.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
quoteThomas Aquinas (1225–1274) developed an empiricist theory of knowledge, famously stating: "nothing is in the intellect unless it first appeared in the senses".
Mind and Consciousness - St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology saet.ac.uk Jun 20, 2024 1 fact
claimThe traditional Christian interpretation of 2 Corinthians 5:1–10, as supported by Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologiae III.59.5, affirms the existence of an intermediate state where persons exist with God after death prior to bodily resurrection.
Virtue Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 9, 1999 1 fact
claimVirtue epistemology practitioners draw inspiration from historical philosophers including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Descartes.