Varieties of consciousness in classical Arabic thought: Avicenna, Averroes, and the mutakallimūn.
In classical Arabic philosophy, the topic of consciousness is commonly associated with Avicenna's 'Flying Man' thought experiment. But Avicenna's explorations of the nature of consciousness are not confined to the Flying Man, and he is by no means the only classical Islamic thinker to deem conscious...
| Published in: | British Journal for the History of Philosophy Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 818 - 840 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2024
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