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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792641003321

Autore

Davids Tobias

Titolo

Anthropologische Differenz und animalische Konvenienz : Tierphilosophie bei Thomas von Aquin / / von Tobias Davids

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017]

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 pages)

Collana

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, , 0169-8028 ; ; Band 120

Disciplina

113/.8

Soggetti

Animals (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Incipit: Thomas von Aquin und die Tierseele – Thema und Methodologie -- Einleitende Bemerkungen zu Teil 1 -- Seelen-divisio -- Parzellierung -- Dependenzen und Independenzen -- Materialität -- Was ist, wenn ein Tier stirbt? -- Taxonomie -- Einleitende Bemerkungen zu Teil 2 -- Kognitivität -- Das externe Sensorium -- Wahrnehmungsbewusstsein und Wahrnehmungskreativität -- Assoziation – Instinkt – Gedächtnis -- Volitionale Bewegungen -- Emotionen -- Desinit: Thomas von Aquin und die Tierseele – Topographie der Ergebnisse -- Literatur -- Indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines Thomas Aquinas’s contribution to the systematic field of animal philosophy. It applies various models from the current philosophical debate (especially from that concerning the mind of animals) as interpretative aids to tap the potential of the Thomistic approach. Thomas draws a clear line of demarcation between animals and human beings (= anthropological difference). However, he also considers it important to work out the similarities between humans and animals, insofar as they are both so-called animalia , id est, living beings possessing senses (= animal conformance). His philosophical deliberations concerning animals have a methodological function as well, namely to highlight the distinct capacities of human beings. Thus, for Thomas, the reflection on animals is a key instrument in dealing with anthropological questions.