Aristotle's Notion of Experience

The Origin and Aim of Posterior Analytics II.19

“…One possible point of confusion is that Frede translates νοῦς as 'reason,' which he identifies as our capacity to grasp principles, whereas I use 'reason' more broadly. Gregorić and Grgić (2006), 21-3 helpfully distinguish between basic and noetic rationality, arguing, correctly in my view, that logos in passage D refers to basic rationality. 30) My interpretation finds support in the parallel account in Metaphysics I.1.…”

“…If this is right, then the term 'reason' captures well what Aristotle is trying to say. (See Aquinas (2007), 339, Gregorić andGrgić (2006), 21-3, Hamlyn (1976), 176-7, Kahn (1981), 403.) My objection to translating logos as 'account' or 'definition' also applies to Frede's view (1996), 169 that logos stands for νοῦς, given that νοῦς (as 100a3-9 makes clear) does not come directly from memory.…”

The epistemology of imagination and religious experience

“…Hans-Georg Gadamer came to emphasize the social dimension of epistemological experience, meaning that we know and construct meaning through interaction with others, expounding on the history and meaning of the German word erlebnis. 17 Then, what is religious experience? In the natural sciences, experience most often exclusively refers to empirical sense knowledge, yet in philosophy, experience has been debated also with regard to metaphysical, religious or "spiritual" realities.…”

Mistakes of Reason: Practical Reasoning and the Fallacy of Accident

“…1118a20-1). 90 It is just that rational animals are then able to perform further abstractions to get more general universals and theory and (sometimes) to give discursive justifi cations for their judgements. 91 An animal can apply its past experience to new situations similar to but not identical with it.…”