Aristotle and Philosophy of Mind

Aristotle's theory is not, in fact, a theory of mind. It is a theory of soul. For him, the soul explains mental events like seeing, desiring and thinking but it also explains functions like digestion, reproduction and growth. If you are a sunflower, your soul will help you to live and produce more sunflowers. But if you are james brown, you have the most complex and multi faceted kind of soul there is. You can live, perceive, think and, of course, dance. No wonder they called him soul brother number one.