The Aristotelian Tradition of the Commentary on the De Anima

• Grant number: 18/14139-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: September 01, 2018
• End date: November 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes
• Grantee: Liliana Carolina Sánchez Castro
• Supervisor: Frans A. J. de Haas
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/05333-6 - The Aristotelian tradition on 'De anima' commentary, BP.PD

Abstract

This research seeks to investigate the characteristics of the Aristotelian tradition of the commentary, using the hypothesis that the dialectic is the philosophical methodology that is used for such an exegetical purpose. Thus, the thesis that I present to defend is that the philosophical appropriation in the case of the Aristotelian tradition is a methodological question and not a doctrinal commitment. The employment of dialectic as a logical tool will make possible, then, the hermeneutic process that builds up this particular tradition. In order to make that evident, I aim to study the passages where the commentators of the De Anima analyze the same argument, so I can examine the logical tools employed for such an analysis, the kind of argument that is being produced by the aid of such hermeneutical devices, and the consequences and philosophical developments that come from that procedure.