This important book investigates the emergence and development of a distinct concept of self-awareness in post-classical, pre-modern Islamic philosophy. Jari Kaukua presents the first extended analysis of Avicenna's arguments on self-awareness - including the flying man, the argument from the unity of experience, the argument against reflection models of self-awareness and the argument from personal identity - arguing that all these arguments hinge on a clearly definable concept of self-awareness as pure first-personality. He substantiates his interpretation with an analysis of Suhraward 's...
This important book investigates the emergence and development of a distinct concept of self-awareness in post-classical, pre-modern Islamic philosoph...
This book is a collection of studies on topics related to subjectivity and selfhood in medieval and early modern philosophy. Instead of a complete overview on the historical period, the book provides detailed glimpses into some of the most important figures of the period, such as Augustine, Avicenna, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Hume.
This book is a collection of studies on topics related to subjectivity and selfhood in medieval and early modern philosophy. Instead of a complete ove...
