The Ontology Psychology And Axiology Of Habits Habitus In Medieval Philosophy Hardcover Nicolas Faucher Magali Roques by Nicolas Faucher; Magali Roques 9783030002343, 3030002349 instant download after payment.

This book features 20 essays that explore how Latin medieval philosophers and theologians from Augustine to Suàrez conceived of habitus, i.e. stable dispositions to act or think in a certain way. This definition was passed down to the medieval thinkers from Aristotle and, to a lesser degree, Augustine, and played a key role in many of the philosophical and theological developments of the time.
Written by leading experts in medieval philosophy, the book offers a historical overview that examines the topic in light of recent advances in medieval cognitive psychology and medieval moral theory. Coverage includes such topics as the metaphysics of the soul, the definition of virtue and vice, and the epistemology of self-knowledge. The book also contains an introduction that is the first attempt at a comprehensive survey of the nature and function of habitus in medieval thought.
The material will appeal to a wide audience of historians of philosophy and contemporary philosophers. It is relevant as much to the historian of ancient philosophy who wants to track the historical reception of Aristotelian ideas as it is to historians of modern philosophy who would like to study the progressive disappearance of the term "habit" in the early modern period and the concepts that were substituted for it. In addition, the volume will also be of interest to contemporary philosophers open to historical perspectives in order to renew the trends in cognitive psychology, virtue epistemology, and virtue ethics.