The conception of organic nature and the functionalism of the mental in Aristotle

Claudio Marín Medina

doi:10.32735/S0718-22012025000603955

Authors

Claudio Marín Medina Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins (Chile) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-9042

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-22012025000603955

Keywords:

Aristotle, functionalism, soul, matter, organic nature, organic body

Abstract

The objective of this research is to demonstrate that the Aristotelian theory of the soul is compatible with a functionalist conception of the mental. For this purpose, the concept of nature will be analyzed –particularly of organic nature– in the philosophy of Aristotle. From this, the theory of the Aristotelian soul is shown to be compatible with functionalist principles, which also applies to the specific case of how the sensory-perceptive system operates for the Stagirite.

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