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Philosophy / brain, passive intellect, possible intellect, etc
« on: August 30, 2020, 12:11:45 pm »
I posted versions of this complex of questions on Feser's blog and on Strange Notions, so I'll post here, too, in case someone has a background in the following. I may not be formulating well, but I don't know enough yet.
what neuroscientific research programs does Thomistic faculty psychology predict will be fruitful, if any? Does Thomistic faculty psychology make predictions that can be tested empirically? In particular, does Thomistic psychology predict avenues of brain research that may shed light on the operations of the human possible and active intellect? Or is brain research irrelevant for understanding how the possible intellect and the active intellect operate? does brain research only help us better understand the passive intellect, i.e. understand how phantasmata are formed from sensory data?
what neuroscientific research programs does Thomistic faculty psychology predict will be fruitful, if any? Does Thomistic faculty psychology make predictions that can be tested empirically? In particular, does Thomistic psychology predict avenues of brain research that may shed light on the operations of the human possible and active intellect? Or is brain research irrelevant for understanding how the possible intellect and the active intellect operate? does brain research only help us better understand the passive intellect, i.e. understand how phantasmata are formed from sensory data?