John Buridan's Philosophy of Mind: An International Conference on His Questions on Aristotle's De Anima (On the Soul)

FAIN: RZ-51468-12

Fordham University (Bronx, NY 10458-9993)
Gyula Klima (Project Director: December 2011 to May 2016)

A conference, volume of essays, and online "research hub" concluding the NEH-funded translation of the works of medieval French philosopher John Buridan. (12 months)

The proposed event will be an international conference devoted to the first complete, bilingual edition of John Buridan’s Questions on Aristotle’s De Anima (QDA, for short), serving as the “crowning event” of the project producing it. The conference itself will produce a volume of essays to be published together with the three volumes of the Latin critical text and annotated English translation, constituting a four-volume set that will present the state of the art concerning our understanding of late-medieval cognitive psychology and its role in the paradigm-shift toward early modern philosophy (a booming field of research in the past couple of years), as well as Buridan’s ground-breaking work itself, as an indispensable source for further research.

Associated Products

Conference web site (Web Resource)
Title: Conference web site
Author: Gyula Klima
Abstract: Conference program and other information related to the project.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://johnburidanqda.weebly.com/index.html
Primary URL Description: Conference web site

Conference Report (Report)
Title: Conference Report
Author: Jack Zupko
Author: Gyula Klima
Abstract: Report about the conference to be published in the 'Bulletin de philosophie médiévale' of the SIEPM (http://www.siepm.uni-freiburg.de/index.php/about-siepm9/publications.html)
Date: 09/30/2013
Primary URL: http://www.siepm.uni-freiburg.de/index.php/about-siepm9/publications.html
Primary URL Description: SIEPM web site publications page
Secondary URL: http://www.brepols.net/Pages/BrowseBySeries.aspx?TreeSeries=BPM
Secondary URL Description: Brepols Publishers' web site
Access Model: subscription only
ISBN: ISSN 0068-4023

Impetus, Momentum, Buridan Conference (Blog Post)
Title: Impetus, Momentum, Buridan Conference
Author: Janet Sassi
Abstract: Fordham Notes, blog post about the conference
Date: 10/24/2012
Primary URL: http://fordhamnotes.blogspot.com/2012/10/impetus-momentum-buridan-conference.html
Blog Title: Fordham Notes, A newsblog from Fordham University's News and Media Relations Bureau

Bulletin Report (Article)
Title: Bulletin Report
Author: Klima, G and Zupko, J.
Abstract: A detailed report on the conference requested by the Bulletin's editors. Klima, G. and Zupko, J. (2013) “Questions on the Soul by John Buridan and Others,” (detailed SIEPM report on the 2012 conference held at Fordham) Bulletin de philosophie médiévale 54 (2012): 477-86.
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://www.brepols.net/Pages/BrowseBySeries.aspx?TreeSeries=BPM
Access Model: subscription only
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Bulletin de philosophie médiévale
Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Questions on the Soul by John Buridan and Others (Book)
Title: Questions on the Soul by John Buridan and Others
Editor: Gyula Klima
Abstract: This volume features essays that explore the insights of the 14th-century Parisian nominalist philosopher, John Buridan. It serves as a companion to the Latin text edition and annotated English translation of his question-commentary on Aristotle’s On the Soul. The contributors survey Buridan’s work both in its own historical-theoretical context and in relation to contemporary issues, based on the proceedings of a conference following publication of the translation of On the Soul.. The essays come in three main sections, which correspond to the three books of Buridan’s Questions. Coverage first deals with the classification of the science of the soul within the system of Aristotelian sciences, and surveys the main issues within it. The next section examines the metaphysics of the soul. It considers Buridan’s peculiar version of Aristotelian hylomorphism in dealing with the problem of what kind of entity the soul (in particular, the human soul) is, and what powers and actions it has, on the basis of which we can approach the question of its essence. The volume concludes with a look at Buridan’s doctrine of the nature and functions of the human intellect. Coverage in this section includes the problem of self-knowledge in Buridan’s theory, Buridan’s answer to the traditional medieval problem concerning the primary object of the intellect, and his unique treatment of logical problems in psychological contexts.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/questions-on-the-soul-by-john-buridan-and-others-a-companion-to-john-buridans/oclc/966204484&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319517629#otherversion=9783319517636
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's website
Access Model: Book
Publisher: Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9783319517629
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

John Buridan's Questions on Aristotle's de Anima (Book)
Title: John Buridan's Questions on Aristotle's de Anima
Author: John Buridan
Editor: Gyula Klima
Abstract: This book provides the Latin text and its annotated English translation of the question-commentary of John Buridan (ca. 1300-1360) on Aristotle’s “On the Soul”. Buridan was the most influential Parisian nominalist philosopher of his time. His work speaks across centuries to our modern concerns in the philosophy of mind. This volume completes the project of a volume published earlier in the same series: “Questions on the Soul by John Buridan and Others”. An appealing book for scholars of Aristotle and those who are in the field of Medieval philosophy.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94433-9
Primary URL Description: Publisher's website
Secondary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/title/1381097078
Secondary URL Description: WorldCat
Access Model: book/ebook
Publisher: Springer
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9783030944339
Translator: Gyula Klima
Translator: Peter Sobol
Translator: Peter Hartman
Translator: Jack Zupko
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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