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       brain, passive intellect, possible intellect, etc
       By: Ficino Date: August 30, 2020, 12:11 pm
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       I posted versions of this complex of questions on Feser's blog
       and on Strange Notions, so I'll post here, too, in case someone
       has a background in the following. I may not be formulating
       well, but I don't know enough yet.
       what neuroscientific research programs does Thomistic faculty
       psychology predict will be fruitful, if any? Does Thomistic
       faculty psychology make predictions that can be tested
       empirically? In particular, does Thomistic psychology predict
       avenues of brain research that may shed light on the operations
       of the human possible and active intellect? Or is brain research
       irrelevant for understanding how the possible intellect and the
       active intellect operate? does brain research only help us
       better understand the passive intellect, i.e. understand how
       phantasmata are formed from sensory data?
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