Mathematizing the soul: The development of Ptolemy’s psychological theory from On the Kritêrion and Hêgemonikon to the Harmonics

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 43 (4):585-594 (2012)
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► I present an intellectual history of Ptolemy’s accounts of the human soul. ► I assess the accounts for consistency. ► I argue that disparities in the psychological accounts are significant. ► I argue that the disparities demonstrate the maturation of his scientific method

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10.1016/j.shpsa.2012.06.006

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Stoic natural philosophy (physics and cosmology).Michael J. White - 2003 - In Brad Inwood (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 142.
Ptolemy.J. Feke & A. Jones - 2010 - In Lloyd Gerson (ed.), The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 197-209.

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