Therese Scarpelli Cory: Thomas Aquinas on Self-Knowledge and the Nature of Thought
| When: | We 21-01-2015 15:15 - 17:00 |
| Where: | Faculty of Philosophy, room Omega |
Therese Scarpelli Cory: Thomas Aquinas on Self-Knowledge and the Nature of Thought
Aquinas is usually thought to have a theory of "indirect" self-knowledge, according to which the mind only knows itself in a second-order act that reflects on a first-order act directed toward extramental objects. Against this interpretation, I argue that for Aquinas, a form of self-awareness is already...(continue reading...)