Robert Kilwardby on the Human Soul: Plurality of Forms and Censorship in the Thirteenth Century

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'Robert Kilwardby on the Human Soul' is the first in-depth study on Kilwardby’s contribution to the thirteenth-century philosophical and theological debate on the nature of the soul and its relation with the body. The book examines his innovative approach to the plurality of substantial forms in the human person and argues against the traditional interpretation of the 'Prohibitions' of 1277 in Oxford as being directed to Thomas Aquinas. The investigation into Kilwardby’s theory of knowledge provides new insight on his project to integrate Aristotelian and Augustinian doctrines. The originality of his account of the active nature of perception and his role in shaping standard views on truth, universals and intentions bespeaks of his relevance for understanding later medieval philosophical thought. PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. Life 2. Writings 3. Nature and Scope PART ONE. HUMAN BEINGS 1. THE SOUL 2. MATTER, FORM, AND CHANGE 2.1. A Man Generates a Man 3. THE SOUL AS 'UNA FORMA VIVENTIS' 3.1. Unicity and Plurality of Substantial Forms 3.2. The 'Posicio de Unitate Formarum' in 'Epistola' 3.3. The Disembodied Soul 3.4. Dead Body: Resurrection and Bodily Continuity PART TWO. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE 4. SENSE PERCEPTION 4.1. The Two Processes Model 4.2. The Active Nature of Perception 4.3. The Organ of the Common Sense 5. INTELLECTUAL COGNITION 5.1. Abstraction 5.2. Universals 5.3. The Trinitarian Model of the Soul 5.4. Memories and Intelligence 5.5. Monopsychism 5.6. Individuation 5.7. 'Scientia' 5.8. Truth 5.9. Language 5.10. Angelic Intellect 5.11. Divine Illumination 5.12. Demons 5.13. Divine Ideas PART THREE. DISCUSSION 6. THE OXFORD PROHIBITIONS OF 1277 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY I. Primary Sources II. Secondary Sources INDEX OF NAMES INDEX OF SUBJECTS