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  2. Jan 11, 2000 · He takes psychology to be the branch of science which investigates the soul and its properties, but he thinks of the soul as a general principle of life, with the result that Aristotle’s psychology studies all living beings, and not merely those he regards as having minds, human beings.

  3. Aristotle, building upon the work of the earlier philosophers and their studies into mind, reasoning and thought, wrote the first known text in the history of psychology, called Para Psyche, 'About the Mind.'

  4. May 23, 2023 · This article will focus on those parts of Aristotle’s psychology which overlap with our modern conception of the discipline. Certain issues to do with separating the mind from the body are discussed, after which the article focuses on Aristotle’s theory of perception.

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  5. Oct 11, 2023 · Aristotle's psychology is characterized by an emphasis on the functional aspects of the soul, integrating the biological and cognitive dimensions of human experience. Examines Aristotle's contributions to understanding the psyche, including sensation, perception, memory, and intellect.

  6. Oct 8, 2024 · Aristotle regarded psychology as a part of natural philosophy, and he wrote much about the philosophy of mind. This material appears in his ethical writings, in a systematic treatise on the nature of the soul (De anima), and in a number of minor monographs on topics such as sense-perception, memory, sleep, and dreams.

  7. Aristotle’s psychology – what he calls thestudy of the soul” (hE tEs psuchEs historia) – occupies a prominent place both in his own philosophy and in the Western philo-sophical tradition as a whole. In his own system, psychology is the culmination of metaphysics and natural science.

  8. First, Aristotle has a specific agenda in psychology, set forth in a series of questions which condition the direction and character of his investigations. Second, his critical remarks reveal what he thinks is lacking in the approaches to the soul adopted by his predecessors, and so also, by implication, what he takes himself to have ...

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