"Activity and Subjectivity: Olivi on the Soul and Self-Consciousness"

In Jari Kaukua, Vili Lähteenmäki & Juhana Toivanen, Mind and Obligation in the Long Middle Ages. Studies in the History of Philosophy in Honour of Mikko Yrjönsuuri. Leiden/Boston: Brill. pp. 129-154 (2024)
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In this paper, I explore the connection between Olivi’s views about the nature of conscious experience, on the one hand, and his views about the nature of the soul on the other. In particular, I argue that Olivi’s account of the soul as essentially active and essentially reflexive entails a commitment on his part to a kind of innate self-knowing. I further show that, for Olivi, this primal psychological self-reflexivity plays an important role in explaining the subjective character of conscious states.

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Susan Brower-Toland
Saint Louis University

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