Rational explanation of the relationship between the material intellect and the active intellect from the perspective of Averroes [PDF]
International Journal of Islamic Thought, 2015 The relationship between the material intellect and the active intellect from Averroes’ perspective is an important and yet complicated part of his philosophy.
Zandi, Davoud
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Alexander of Aphrodisias and the Active Intellect as Final Cause
Elenchos, 2023 Abstract In his own De anima, Alexander of Aphrodisias famously identifies the “active” (poietikon) intellect with the prime mover in Metaphysics Λ. However, Alexander’s claim raises an issue: why would this divine intellect come in the middle of a study of soul in general and of human intellection in particular?
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The role of activity engagement in the relations between Openness/Intellect and cognition [PDF]
Personality and Individual Differences, 2010 The current project investigated why people with high levels of Openness/Intellect tend to have higher levels of cognitive functioning than people with lower levels of Openness/Intellect. We hypothesized that the positive relationship between Openness/Intellect and cognition might be attributable to more open people being more likely to engage in ...
Andrea Soubelet
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‘Active Intellect’ in Avempace and Averroës: An Interpretative Issue
Synthesis Philosophica, 2017 Daniel Bucan
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, 2013 I would claim that the main feature of the general intellect, in all its forms, is its indeterminacy. Neither defining individuality nor a specific group, the general intellect represents a sort of passage between the singular and the multitude.
Ovan, Sabrina
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Blogging on the ice: Connecting audiences with climate-change sciences [PDF]
, 2013 Scientists working in Antarctica have recognized the need to counteract problems associated with mainstream media's treatment of the climate-change crisis.
Thorsen, Einar
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Consciousness and Cognition in Classical Sāṃkhya metaphysics [PDF]
, 2020 This article explores the psychological dimension of classical Sāṃkhya philosophy, on the basis of its canonical treatise, Sāṃkhyakārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa (4th Century AD).
Formoso, Raquel Ferrández
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Palamas and Florensky: The Metaphysics of the Heart in Patristic and Russian Philosophical Tradition [PDF]
, 2013 Тhis paper focuses on the philosophical issue known as the metaphysics of the heart within Orthodox Christianity – both Russian and Byzantie versions. Russian religious thought is based on patristic tradition.
Kroczak, Justyna
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Philosophy of Intellect in the Long Commentary on the De anima of Averroes [PDF]
, 2012 In the Long Commentary on the De anima, Averroes posits three separate intelligences in the anima rationalis or the rational soul: agent intellect or intellectus agens, material or passible intellect, intellectus possibilis or intellectus passibilis, and
Hendrix, John S
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The Calais Winds took our plans away: Art therapy as shelter [PDF]
, 2018 © Intellect Ltd.This article examines the role of construction materials, story and group as alternative forms of shelter and crisis relief for refugees in transit in Calais, northern France.
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