Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
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Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy

Avicenna and Beyond

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Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy

Avicenna and Beyond

About this book

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 use of Avicenna's concept and Mull? Sadr?'s revision of the underlying concept of selfhood. The study explores evidence for a sustained, pre-modern and non-Western discussion of selfhood and self-awareness, challenging the idea that these concepts are distinctly modern, European concerns. The book will be of interest to a range of readers in history of philosophy, history of ideas, Islamic studies and philosophy of mind.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 Preliminary observations: self-cognition and Avicennian psychology
  10. Chapter 2 Avicenna and the phenomenon of self-awareness: the experiential basis of the flying man
  11. Chapter 3 Self-awareness as existence: Avicenna on the individuality of an incorporeal substance
  12. Chapter 4 In the first person: Avicennaā€™s concept of self-awareness reconstructed
  13. Chapter 5 Self-awareness without substance: from Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī to Suhrawardī
  14. Chapter 6 Self-awareness, presence, appearance: the ishrāqī context
  15. Chapter 7 Mullā Sadrā on self-awareness
  16. Chapter 8 The self reconsidered: Sadrian revisions to the Avicennian concept
  17. Conclusion: Who is the I?
  18. Appendix: Arabic terminology related to self-awareness
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index