Nicole Oresme, Dualist

According to Nicole Oresme (c. 1320–1382), human beings, unlike all other animals, consist of two substances: a thinking substance and a sensing substance. This paper presents and explores the arguments Oresme uses to arrive at this position, which is unusual in medieval philosophical psychology and...

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description According to Nicole Oresme (c. 1320–1382), human beings, unlike all other animals, consist of two substances: a thinking substance and a sensing substance. This paper presents and explores the arguments Oresme uses to arrive at this position, which is unusual in medieval philosophical psychology and which at least superficially – though their methods are completely different – resembles what Descartes concluded about the nature of the human soul and body two and a half centuries later. The paper also considers some moments of ambivalence in Oresme’s presentation, as well as unresolved difficulties, several of which have theological as well as philosophical implications.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1708512026-01-10T08:29:37Z Nicole Oresme, Dualist Zupko, Jack dualism hylomorphism substance soul/body form/matter inherence extension intellect sensation human nature Aristotelian psychology Oresme Buridan thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History According to Nicole Oresme (c. 1320–1382), human beings, unlike all other animals, consist of two substances: a thinking substance and a sensing substance. This paper presents and explores the arguments Oresme uses to arrive at this position, which is unusual in medieval philosophical psychology and which at least superficially – though their methods are completely different – resembles what Descartes concluded about the nature of the human soul and body two and a half centuries later. The paper also considers some moments of ambivalence in Oresme’s presentation, as well as unresolved difficulties, several of which have theological as well as philosophical implications. Published 2026-01-10T08:29:34Z 2026-01-10T08:29:34Z 2019-02-01 chapter 9788875903169 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/170851 eng Quaderni di Noctua image/jpeg application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-13 https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-13 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni Tra antichità e modernità. Studi di storia della filosofia medievale e rinascimentale E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-13 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-13 9c743178-7a11-43f5-9c4d-07b93e99f80f e42d118a-c514-4069-8fde-e3ac87536690 9788875903169 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 5 433-465 Florence, Parma, Turin open access
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extension
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Nicole Oresme, Dualist
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form/matter
inherence
extension
intellect
sensation
human nature
Aristotelian psychology
Oresme
Buridan
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Buridan
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