Augustine is commonly interpreted as endorsing an extramission theory of perception in De quantitate animae. A close examination of the text shows, instead, that he is committed to its rejection. The discussion ends with some remarks about what it takes for an account of perception to be an extramission theory and with a review of the strength of evidence for attributing the extramission theory to Augustine on the basis of his other works
There is a long history of philosophers granting a privileged epistemic status to cognition of direc...
The aim of the introduction and commentary is to explore the nature of the work, its sources and or...
The current article addresses the question concerning Augustine’s mysticism from two perspectives: p...
Augustine is commonly interpreted as endorsing an extramission theory of perception in De quantitate...
It is widely thought that Augustine thinks perception is, in some distinctive sense, an active proce...
This paper examines Augustine’s account of understanding and its attainment in De Magistro. Followin...
In this paper, I explore Augustine’s account of sense cognition in book 11 of De Trinitate. His disc...
In De Trinitate 10, Augustine offers an argument that seemingly proceeds from certain premises about...
[In] order to discover what the author was aiming at in writing this final correction of his own wor...
There is a long history of philosophers granting a privileged epistemic status to cognition of direc...
The aim of the introduction and commentary is to explore the nature of the work, its sources and or...
The current article addresses the question concerning Augustine’s mysticism from two perspectives: p...
Augustine is commonly interpreted as endorsing an extramission theory of perception in De quantitate...
It is widely thought that Augustine thinks perception is, in some distinctive sense, an active proce...
This paper examines Augustine’s account of understanding and its attainment in De Magistro. Followin...
In this paper, I explore Augustine’s account of sense cognition in book 11 of De Trinitate. His disc...
In De Trinitate 10, Augustine offers an argument that seemingly proceeds from certain premises about...
[In] order to discover what the author was aiming at in writing this final correction of his own wor...
There is a long history of philosophers granting a privileged epistemic status to cognition of direc...
The aim of the introduction and commentary is to explore the nature of the work, its sources and or...
The current article addresses the question concerning Augustine’s mysticism from two perspectives: p...