Professor Gyula Klima, of Fordham University, will give a lecture on
Form, Intention and Information
(In this talk, writes Klima, I will provide a systematic account of what I take
to be the most intriguing aspects of the pre-Ockhamist scholastic notions of
form and intention, insofar as I believe they can be the most helpful to us in
logic, metaphysics, and the philosophy of mind and action. My primary guides in
this enterprise will be Thomas Aquinas and Hervaeus Natalis, the latter of whom
is credited with introducing the term ‘intentionality’ into our philosophical
parlance. But to understand ‘intentionality’, we need to understand
‘intention’, and to understand ‘intention’, we need to understand ‘form’, given
that an intention, as I will argue, is just some form in its essential relation
to some cognitive and appetitive powers. However, to understand the notion of
‘form’ in its broadest sense, we need to understand it first in its use in
pre-Ockhamist scholastic logic.)
The talk, followed by discussion, will take place in the Old College Office,
Trinity College, from 5 - 6.30 pm on Friday May 17th. (The Old College Office
is immediately to your left as you enter the college by the Great Gate from
Trinity Street).
All welcome
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