Cognitive Psychology in Early Jesuit Scholasticism

Jesuit scholastic philosophy, as exemplified by the figure of Francisco Surez (15481617), is a subject that is currently being studied intensively worldwide. However, especially in the English-speaking academic world, the historical milieu of Surez's philosophy and theology, influenced by the philosophy and theology of his Jesuit contemporaries, is much less taken into account. In the field of philosophical cognitive psychology, extant especially in the commentaries on Aristotle's On the Soul, this book rebalances the status quo.To a certain extent, all of the chapters in this book give evidence of the theological motivations and horizons of Jesuit cognitive psychology during the late 16th and early 17th centuries