Aristotle's On the Soul: A Panel Discussion featuring Contributors to the Cambridge Critical Guide

null, null, null, null, null, null, null, Caleb Cohoe (Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Colorado at Denver), Jason W. Carter (University of Edinburgh), Christopher Frey (University of South Carolina), Mark Johnstone (McMaster University), Jessica Moss (New York University), Katerina Ierodiakonou (University of Geneva), Krisanna Scheiter (Union College)

Professor Caleb Cohoe will discuss Aristotle’s psychology and philosophy of mind with a panel of international experts who have contributed to his newly released, Aristotle’s On the Soul: A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, January 2022). In On the Soul, Aristotle aims to uncover the principle of life, what Aristotle calls psuchē (soul). For Aristotle, soul is the form which gives life to a body and causes all its living activities, from breathing to thinking. Aristotle develops a general account of all types of living through examining soul’s causal powers. The thirteen new essays in this Critical Guide demonstrate the profound influence of Aristotle’s inquiry on biology, psychology and philosophy of mind from antiquity to the present. Panelists will take questions and share their insights on key Aristotelian topics such as form, reason, capacity, and activity and situate Aristotle in his intellectual and scientific context.

Panelists include:

Jason W. Carter (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Christopher Frey (University of South Carolina)

Katerina Ierodiakonou (University of Geneva and University of Athens)

Mark Johnstone (McMaster University)

Jessica Moss (New York University)

Krisanna Scheiter (Union College)