Titel: | Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna and Beyond |
Kategorie: | KINDLE |
BuchID: | 2828 |
Autor: | Jari Kaukua |
ISBN-10(13): | ASIN: B00OUWJKK0 |
Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
Publikationsdatum: | 01/2015 |
Seitenanzahl: | 267 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Beschreibung: |
Ausgabe KINDLE 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 Suhrawardī's use of Avicenna's concept and Mullā Sadrā'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. |