Resumen

GAMBOA, Lydia Deni. Perceiving that one perceives. Adam of Wodeham’s comentary of De Anima III.2 425b 11-17. Sig. Fil [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.42, pp.36-57.  Epub 04-Abr-2022. ISSN 1665-1324.

The aim of this article is to reconstruct part of Adam of Wodeham’s theory of reflexibility. This reconstruction is based on the analysis that he himself offers from a fragment in De Anima III.2 425b 11-17. In this fragment, Wodeham argues that we can access certain of our own mental states -i. e. first-order intuitive cognitions- through certain second-order states -i. e. intuitive reflexive cognitions-. However, for Wodeham, in virtue of a second-order intuition, an agent cannot access to the content of a first order-state. This is not consistent with the idea that the content of an intuitive cognition is intrinsically determined, for if this was the case, theoretically we could access such content in virtue of a second-order state directed at the first one.

Palabras llave : Aristotle; reflexivity; perception; perceptual contents; intuitive cognitions.