John P. Wright / Paul Potter (eds.)

Psyche and Soma

Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment
Herausgeber: Wright, John P.; Potter, Paul

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Produktbeschreibung

Psyche and Soma is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the history of understanding of the human mind or soul and its relationship to the body, through the course of more than two thousand years. Thirteen specially commissioned chapters, each written by a recognized expert in the field, explore in chronological sequence the views of influential writers on such questions as the soul's immortality, the control it exerts over the body, how mental disturbances can arise out of bodily imbalances, and the roles of the priest and the physician in promoting spiritual welfare. The main figures whose views are treated include the doctors Hippocrates, Galen, H. Boerhaave, and Wm. Cullen, theologians such as the Apostle Paul, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, and philosophers from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes and Leibniz. Psyche and Soma will be a key point of reference and a rich source of illumination in this central area of human inquiry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9780198238409
• ISBN-10: 0198238401
• Artikelnr.: 25298598

Autorenporträt

John P. Wright is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Central Michigan University. Paul Potter is Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Beate Gundert: Soma and Psyche in Hippocratic Medicine
* 2: T. M. Robinson: The Defining Features of Mind-Body Dualism in the
Writings of Plato
* 3: Philip J. van der Eijk: Aristotle's Psycho-physiological Account
of the Soul-Body Relationship
* 4: Heinrich von Staden: Body, Soul, and Nerves: Epicurus, Herophilus,
Erasistratus, the Stoics, and Galen
* 5: Theo K. Heckel: Body and Soul in Saint Paul
* 6: Gareth Matthews: Internalist Reasoning in Augustine for Mind-Body
Dualism
* 7: Emily Michael: Renaissance Theories of Body, Soul, and Mind
* 8: Stephen Voss: Descartes: Heart and Soul
* 9: Thomas M. Lennon: Bayle and Late Seventeen-Century Thought
* 10: Francois Duchesneau: Stahl, Leibniz, and the Territories of Soul
and Body
* 11: John P. Wright: Substance versus Function Dualism in
Eighteenth-Century Medicine
* 12: Roselyne Rey: Psyche, Soma, and the Vitalist Philosophy of
Medicine
* 13: Francois Azouvi: Physique and Moral
* Select Bibliography
* Index