PASSIONS IN WILLIAM OCKHAM' S PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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1 PASSIONS IN WILLIAM OCKHAM' S PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY

2 STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Volume 2 Editors Henrik Lagerlund, Uppsala University, Sweden Mikko Y rjonsuuri, Academy of Finland and University of Jyviiskylii, Finland Board of Consulting Editors Lilli Alanen, Uppsala University, Sweden Ioel Biard, University oftours, France Michael DelIa Rocca, Yale University, U.S.A. Eyj6lfur Emilsson, University of Oslo, Norway Andre Gombay, University of Toronto, Canada Patricia Kitcher, Columbia University, U.S.A. Simo Knuuttila, University of Helsinki, Finland Beatrice M. Longuenesse, Princeton University, U.S.A. Calvin Normore, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. Aims and Scope The aim of the series is to foster historical research into the nature of thinking and the workings of the mind. The volumes address topics of intellectuai history that would nowadays fali into different disciplines like philosophy of mind, philosophical psychology, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, etc. The monographs and collections of artic1es in the series are historicaliy reliable as well as congenial to the contemporary reader. They provide original insights into central contemporary problems by looking at them in historical contexts, addressing issues like consciousness, representation and intentionality, mind and body, the self and the emotions. In this way, the books open up new perspectives for research on these topics.

3 PASSIONS IN WILLIAM OCKHAM' S PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY by VESA HIRVONEN University of Helsinki, Finland Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.

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5 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii ix CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Introductory Remarks Terms and Things 7 CHAPTER 2. THE PASSIONATE HUMAN BEING The Human Being Passions of the Souls 47 CHAPTER 3. SENSORY PASSIONS Genesis of the Sensory Passions What Are Sensory Passions? 100 CHAPTER 4. PASSIONS OF THE WILL Genesis of the Passions of the Will What Are Passions ofthe Will? 140 CONCLUSION 171 BffiLIOGRAPHY 185 NAME INDEX 201 SUBJECT INDEX 205 v

6 ABBREVIATIONS a. Br. summa Phys. c. d. EZem. Zog. Exp. EZeneh. Exp. Periherm. Arist. Exp. Phys. Arist. Exp. Porph. Praed. Exp. Praed. Arist. FeS ibid. ido OPh Ord. OTh praeamb. prol. prooem. q. articulus Brevis summa libri Physieorum capitulum distinctio EZementarium Zogieae Expositio super libros EZenehorum Expositio in librum Perihermenias Aristotelis Expositio in libros Physieorum Aristotelis Expositio in Zibrum Porphyrii de Praedieabilibus Expositio in librum Praedieamentorum Aristotelis Francisean Studies ibidem idem Opera philosophica. Guillelmi de Ockham, Opera philosophica et theologica. Cura Instituti Franciscani Universitatis S. Bonaventurae. Ordinatio Opera theologica. Guillelmi de Ockham, Opera philosophica et theologica. Cura Instituti Franciscani Universitatis S. Bonaventurae. praeambula prologus prooemium quaestio vii

7 viii Quaest. Phys. Arist. Quaest. variae Quodl. Rep. SL Summ. phil. nat. Tract. corp. Chr. Tract. praed. Tract. praedest. Tract. rei. un. ABBREVIA TIONS Quaestiones in fibros Physicorum Aristotelis Quaestiones variae Quodlibet Reportatio Summa logicae Summula philosophiae naturalis Tractatus de corpore Christi Tractatus de praedicamentis Tractatus de praedestinatione et de praescientia Dei respectu futurorum contingentium Tractatus de relatione unicalunicum

8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Several persons have helped me in various ways during the process of writing this study. In the Department of Systematic Theology of the University of Helsinki, 1 wish to express my greatest thanks to Professor Tuomo Mannermaa who helped me to begin the study, and to Academy Professor Simo Knuuttila who was my mentor in the study. 1 am also grateful to Professor Heikki Kirjavainen, Professor Reijo Tyorinoja, Professor Risto Saarinen, Doctor Taina Holopainen, Senior Assistant ahi Hallamaa, the members of the research projects led by Professors Mannermaa and Knuuttila, and all other people in the Department of Systematic Theology who helped me over the years. Among the people outside the Department, 1 wish to thank Professor Arthur Stephen McGrade, Professor Girard J. Etzkorn, Professor Lilli Alanen, Professor Marilyn McCord Adams, Professor Calvin Normore, and Professor Mikko Yrjonsuuri for reading and commenting on my texts. 1 also wish to thank Master of Philosophy Margot Whiting for making my English more readable. It was agreat pleasure to me to work in the inspiring atmosphere of the Department of Systematic Theology of the University of Helsinki. Part of the time 1 had the privilege to work as an assistant in the Department, and at other times 1 received financial support from the Academy of Finland, the Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, the Lehto Foundation, and the Oskar Oflund Foundation. Bayrische Landeskirche, The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the ChanceHor of the University of Helsinki supported my stays abroad and journeys to international conferences. Vesa Hirvonen Helsinki, Autumn 2003 ix