•  524
    Comment on Amie Thomasson's "self-awareness and self-knowledge"
    PSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research On Consciousness 12. 2006.
    In this paper, I raise an objection to Thomasson
  •  387
    Aristotle on consciousness
    Mind 111 (444): 751-815. 2002.
    Aristotle's discussion of perceiving that we perceive has points of contact with two contemporary debates about consciousness: the first over whether consciousness is an intrinsic feature of mental states or a higher-order thought or perception; the second concerning the qualitative nature of experience. In both cases, Aristotle's views cut down the middle of an apparent dichotomy, in a way that does justice to each set of intuitions, while avoiding their attendant difficulties. With regard to t…Read more
  •  232
    Aristotle and the problem of intentionality
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 58 (2): 249-298. 1998.
    Aristotle not only formulates the problem of intentionality explicitly, he makes a solution to it a requirement for any adequate theory of mind. His own solution, however, is not to be found in his theory of sensation, as Brentano and others have thought. In fact, it is precisely because Aristotle regards this theory as inadequate that he goes on to argue for a distinct new ability he calls "phantasia." The theory of content he develops on this basis (unlike Brentano's) is profoundly naturalisti…Read more
  •  191
    Epiphenomenalisms, ancient and modern
    Philosophical Review 106 (3): 309-363. 1997.
    This debate, I shall argue, has everything to do with Aristotle. Aristotle raises the charge of epiphenomenalism himself against a theory that seems to have close affinities to his own, and he offers what has the makings of an emergentist response. This leads to controversy within his own school. We find opponents ranged on both sides, starting with his own pupils, several of whom are stout defenders of epiphenomenalism, and culminating in the developed emergentism of later commentators. Aristot…Read more
  •  162
    Aristotle's Two Intellects: A Modest Proposal
    Phronesis 44 (3): 199-227. 1999.
    In "De anima" 3.5, Aristotle argues for the existence of a second intellect, the so-called "Agent Intellect." The logical structure of his argument turns on a distinction between different types of soul, rather than different faculties within a given soul; and the attributes he assigns to the second species make it clear that his concern here -- as at the climax of his other great works, such as the "Metaphysics," the "Nicomachean" and the "Eudemian Ethics" -- is the difference between the human…Read more
  •  117
    Aristotle and supervenience
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 31 (S1): 107-135. 1993.
  •  110
    Intentionality in ancient philosophy
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.
  •  81
    Recent interpreters portray Aristotle as a Protagorean antirealist, who thinks that colors and other perceptibles do not actually exist apart from being perceived. Against this, I defend a more traditional interpretation: colors exist independently of perception, to which they are explanatorily prior, as causal powers that produce perceptions of themselves. They are not to be identified with mere dispositions to affect perceivers, or with grounds distinct from these qualities, picked out by thei…Read more
  •  67
    Aristotle on Perceiving Objects by Anna Marmodoro
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 53 (4): 776-777. 2015.
    The study of Aristotle’s psychology has long been dominated by metaphysical concerns, centering above all on the relation between the soul and the body. For centuries, this was inevitable, given the widespread preoccupation with immortality and considerable puzzlement as to whether Aristotle’s views about the intellect committed him to it or not. But in the twentieth century the soul-body relation has continued to be the main focus, even when talking about perception. The debate over perception …Read more
  •  56
    Pourquoi aristote a besoin de l'imagination
    with J. -L. Labarrière
    Les Etudes Philosophiques. forthcoming.
    Le présent article offre une nouvelle interprétation du concept aristotélicien d' « imagination » ou phantasia par les moyens d'une lecture attentive du Traité de l'âme, III, 3, tout particulièrement de son début. Aristote soutient que ses prédécesseurs ne peuvent expliquer comment l'erreur se produit. Mais c'est également une difficulté pour sa propre explication des formes de base de la perception et de la pensée, et Aristote introduit la phantasia précisément pour répondre à cette question. I…Read more
  •  48
    Aristotle on the Relation of the Intellect to the Body: Commentary on Broadie
    Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 12 (1): 177-192. 1996.
  •  40
    Book reviews (review)
    Mind 104 (413): 162-166. 1995.
  •  34
    Review of David Sedley, Plato's Cratylus (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2004 (7). 2004.
  •  31
    Aristotle and the Problem of Intentionality
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 58 (2): 249-298. 1998.
    Aristotle not only fonnulates the problem of intentionality explicitly, he makes a solution to it a requirement for any adequate theory of mind. His own solution, however, is not to be found in his theory of sensation, as Brentano and others have thought. In fact, it is precisely because Aristotle regards this theory as inadequate that he goes on to argue for a distinct new ability he calls “phantasia.” The theory of content he develops on this basis (unlike Brentano’s) is profoundly naturalisti…Read more
  •  30
    Epiphenomenalisms, Ancient and Modern
    Philosophical Review 106 (3): 309-363. 1997.
    This debate, I shall argue, has everything to do with Aristotle. Aristotle raises the charge of epiphenomenalism himself against a theory that seems to have close affinities to his own, and he offers what has the makings of an emergentist response. This leads to controversy within his own school. We find opponents ranged on both sides, starting with his own pupils, several of whom are stout defenders of epiphenomenalism, and culminating in the developed emergentism of later commentators. Aristot…Read more
  •  30
    Presocratic philosophy: essays in honour of Alexander Mourelatos (edited book)
    with Alexander P. D. Mourelatos and Daniel W. Graham
    Ashgate. 2002.
    This book presents some of the most recent trends and developments in Presocratic scholarship. A wide range of topics are covered - from the metaphysical to the moral to the methodological - as well as a broad a range of authors: from recognized figures such as Heraclitus and Parmenides to Sophistic thinkers whose place has traditionally been marginalized, such as Gorgias and the author of the Dissoi Logoi. Several of the pieces are concerned with the later reception and influence of the Presocr…Read more
  •  28
    Colloquium 5
    Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 16 (1): 135-175. 2000.
  •  25
    Commentary on Kurt Pritzl: Aristotle on the conditions of thought
    Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 14 (1): 202-212. 1998.
  •  18
    Commentary on Miller
    Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 15 (1): 214-230. 1999.
  •  17
    Theophrastus on Perceiving
    Rhizomata 7 (2): 188-225. 2020.
    Many fragments from Theophrastus on perception are preserved by the late Neoplatonist, Priscian of Lydia. After preliminary source criticism concerning how to identify the fragments, I turn to Theophrastus’ discussion of perceiving and perceptual awareness. While he clearly rejects literalism, he also does not embrace “spiritualism”: he argues instead that we receive the defining proportions of perceptible qualities in the sense organ, though in different contraries than in the perceptible (ther…Read more
  •  13
    Ancient and Medieval Theories of Intentionality
    with Myles Burnyeat, Richard Gaskin, Joël Biard, Peter Simons, Richard Sorabji, Christof Rapp, Hermann Weidemann, Dorothea Frede, Claude Panaccio, Elizabeth Karger, Robert Pasnau, and Cyrille Michon
    Brill. 2001.
    This volume, including sixteen contributions, analyses ancient and medieval theories of intentionality in various contexts: perception, imagination, and intellectual thinking. It sheds new light on classical theories and examines neglected sources, both Greek and Latin
  •  13
    Colloquium 6
    Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 9 (1): 213-245. 1993.
  •  13
    Phantasia and Thought
    In Georgios Anagnostopoulos (ed.), A Companion to Aristotle, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 322-34. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Phantasia Thought Notes Bibliography.
  •  8
    Aristotle and Supervenience
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 31 (S1): 107-135. 1993.
  •  8
    Aristotle's Psychology
    In Sean D. Kirkland & Eric Sanday (eds.), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy, Northwestern University Press. 2018.
    This chapter contains sections titled: The Soul–Body Relation Perception Phantasia Thought Bibliography.