The Augustinian Cogito and Materialist Theories of Mind

Tamer Nawar

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26914-6_3

The Augustinian Cogito and Materialist Theories of Mind

Tamer Nawar

History of Philosophy

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Abstract

Augustine famously employs cogito-style reasoning analogous to that later found in Descartes in order to defeat global scepticism. This has been the subject of substantial scholarly attention. However, what has received less attention is that Augustine, like Descartes, also employs cogito-style reasoning to ascertain the nature of the mind and to argue against materialist theories of mind. In this paper, I examine Augustine’s central argument to this end in De Trinitate 10.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Subjectivity and Selfhood in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
Editors	Jari Kaukua, Tomas Ekenberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	25-35
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-26912-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26914-6_3
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind
Volume	16

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Augustine
philosophy of mind

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