Abstract
Having discussed the general Aristotelian-Thomistic (A-T) worldview in the previous chapter, we now turn to the A-T view of human cognition, with particular emphasis on how human cognition is seen as relating to non-human cognition, and how the A-T approach differs from modern approaches. Here, we discuss in detail the A-T enumeration of sensory and intellectual powers, and how they relate to each other. We also review the history of how psychology, as a field, has viewed human and non-human cognition over time, and why those views have generally been unsuccessful. We particularly discuss the behavioral and computationalist/functionalist approaches to cognition. This chapter argues that there are marked benefits to the A-T view on human and non-human cognition in comparison to what is generally on offer in contemporary psychology.
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