Averroes on Intellect: From Aristotelian Origins to Aquinas' Critique

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Stephen R. Ogden (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)

Averroes on Intellect

From Aristotelian Origins to Aquinas' Critique

Stephen R. Ogden (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)

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English

Oxford University Press
22 March 2022

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Islamic & Arabic philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Averroes on Intellect provides a detailed analysis of the Muslim philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd)'s notorious unicity thesis -- the view that there is only one separate and eternal intellect for all human beings. It focuses directly on Averroes' arguments, both from the text of Aristotle's De Anima and, more importantly, his own philosophical arguments in the Long Commentary on the De Anima. Stephen Ogden defends Averroes' interpretation of De Anima using a combination of Greek, Arabic, Latin, and contemporary sources. Yet, Ogden also insists that Averroes is not merely a 'commentator' but an incisive philosopher in his own right. The author thus reconstructs and analyzes Averroes' two most significant independent philosophical arguments, the Determinate Particular Argument and the Unity Argument. Alternative ancient and medieval views are also considered throughout, especially from two important foils before and after Averroes, namely, Avicenna (Ibn Sina) and Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas' most famous and penetrating arguments against the unicity thesis are also addressed. Finally, Ogden considers Averroes' own objections to broader metaphysical views of the soul like Avicenna's and Aquinas', which agree with him on several key points including the immateriality of the intellect and the individuation of human souls by matter, while still diverging on the number and substantial nature of the intellect.

The central goal of this book is to provide readers with a single study of Averroes' most pivotal arguments on intellect, consolidating and building on recent scholarship and offering a comprehensive case for his unicity thesis in the wider context of Aristotelian epistemology and metaphysics.

By: Stephen R. Ogden (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Notre Dame)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9780192896117
ISBN 10: 0192896113
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 22 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Ogden is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his B.A. at Rhodes College, his M.A.R. at Yale Divinity School, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Yale University in 2015. He has published on Islamic philosophy (especially Averroes and Avicenna) and medieval philosophy in venues such as Philosophers' Imprint, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, and Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy.

Reviews for Averroes on Intellect: From Aristotelian Origins to Aquinas' Critique

Anyone interested in Averroes and in the transmission and transformation of the Aristotelian noetics in the Middle Ages should read Ogden's book. * Elisa Coda, Studia graeco-arabica 2023 *