Aristotle on the Apparent Good: Perception, Phantasia, Thought, and Desire

by Jessica Moss

Book Overview

Aristotle holds that we desire things because they appear good to us--a view still dominant in philosophy now. But what is it for something to appear good? Why does pleasure in particular tend to appear good, as Aristotle holds? And how do appearances of goodness motivate desire and action? No sustained study of Aristotle has addressed these questions, or even recognized them as worth asking. Jessica Moss argues that the notion of the apparent good...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198707940
• ISBN13: 9780198707943
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"