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Darrera modificació: 2019-01-14
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Ortúzar Escudero, María José, "The role of the ‘spiritus animalis' in accounts of perception: medical and philosophical remarks from three 13th-century encyclopaedias", Vincent of Beauvais Newsletter, 42 (2018), 4-16.
- Resum
- The compilations of Bartholomew the Englishman, Thomas of Cantimpré, and Vincent of Beauvais (Speculum naturale) offer a vantage point from which we may examine the culture of knowledge during the first half of the 13th century. In particular, their views on perception shed light on the contemporary discussions in medicine and philosophy. All encyclopedias present some version of the ventricular theory of the brain. This theory relates typically to the medical pneuma theory and to an active view of perception. Nevertheless, the ventricular theory in its philosophical version, which is associated with a passive account of perception, is clearly recognisable in the Speculum naturale. Interestingly, the spiritus animalis seems to be important for both views.
- Matèries
- Filosofia - Filosofia natural
Enciclopedisme
Medicina
- URL
- https://www.academia.edu/38102297/The_Role_of_the_s ...
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