Tópicos (Nov 2013)

Entendimiento agente y razón práctica

  • José Angel García Cuadrado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v16i1.383
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 39 – 58

Abstract

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This work shows the central role of the agent intellect, not only in speculative knowledge (as amply described by the Scholastics) but also in practical knowledge. It is crucial both in the perception of the first moral principles and in the determination of the practical truth about what is good and convenient in a given situation. The demonstration of the above relies on the distinction between the animal aestimative faculty and the human cogitative faculty.

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