Animal Minds in Medieval Latin Philosophy

Anselm Oelze (PhD Humboldt University of Berlin, 2017) worked as postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki and as teaching fellow in philosophy at the LMU Munich. He is author of the book Animal Rationality: Later Medieval Theories 1250-1350 (Brill, 2018) and of articles on animal cognition and animal ethics in the Middle Ages.

• Introduction: Animal Minds In Medieval and Modern Philosophy.- Part I – Cognition.- Chapter 1. Perception, Knowledge, and Reason (Augustine, De quantitate animae 25-28).- Chapter 2. Souls and Discrimination (Adelard of Bath, Quaestiones naturales 13-14).- Chapter 3. Estimation and Concept Formation (John Blund, Tractatus de anima 19).- Chapter 4. (a). Memory, Learning, and Prudence (Albert the Great, Metaphysica I.1.6).- (b). Reasoning, Learning, and Language (Albert the Great, De animalibus XXI.1.2-4). Chapter 5. Universal Cognition (Pseudo-Peter of Spain, Commentum super libros De animalibus VIII).- Chapter 6. (a). Reasoning and Thinking (Roger Bacon, Perspectiva II.3.9).- (b). Goal-Directed Behaviour (Roger Bacon, Questiones super libros IV Physicorum II).- Chapter 7. Inner Senses (Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I.78.4).- Chapter 8. Prudence (John Duns Scotus, Quaestiones super libros Metaphysicorum Aristotelis I.3).- Chapter 9. Judging and Erring (Gregory of Rimini, Lectura super I Sententiarum III.1 vs.Adam Wodeham, Lectura secunda in I Sententiarum, prol. 4.8).- Part II. Emotion.- Chapter 10. Friendship, Enmity, and Fear (Albert the Great, Quaestiones super De animalibus VIII.1-3).- Chapter 11. (a). Lust and Anger (Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I.81.2-3).- (b). Enjoyment (Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I-II.11.2).- (c). Hope (Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I-II.40.3).- Chapter 12. Happiness and Fun (Peter of Abano, Expositio problematum Aristotelis 28.7).- Part III. Volition.- Chapter 13. Judging and Free Choice (Albert the Great, De homine I).- Chapter 14. Free Will (Bonaventure, Commentarius in secundum librum Sententiarum 25.1.1).- Chapter 15. Instinct and Deliberation (Roger Bacon, Communia naturalium I.2.4.1).- Chapter 16. (a). Free Choice (Thomas Aquinas, Quaestiones disputatae de veritate 24.2).- (b). Choosing and Acting (Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae I-II.13.1-2).