Open AccessThe Radical Denial of Juan Bonifacio Bagatta (1649-1702): 'Superfluus est Intellectus Agens'
Author(s) -
Juan Fernando Sellés Dauder
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista española de filosofía medieval/revista española de filosofía medieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2530-7878
pISSN - 1133-0902
DOI - 10.21071/refime.v24i.10460
Subject(s) - intellect , soul , denial , power (physics) , interpretation (philosophy) , philosophy , humanities , epistemology , psychology , psychoanalysis , physics , linguistics , quantum mechanics
This article examines the interpretation by Iohannis Bonifacio Baggatta (17th century) of the agent intellect. He denies its existence, because he accepts that sensitive species are intelligible in act and can affect directly the possible intellect. This is because the possible intellect and the imagination are united in the soul, and what affects one power also affects other. The article concludes by showing the reason these theses are incorrect.