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This book is a collection of studies on topics related to
subjectivity and selfhood in medieval and early modern philosophy.
The individual contributions approach the theme from a number of
angles varying from cognitive and moral psychology to metaphysics
and epistemology. 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. The questions
addressed include the ethical problems of the location of one's
true self and the proper distribution of labour between desire,
passion and reason, and the psychological tasks of accounting for
subjective experience and self-knowledge and determining different
types of self-awareness.
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 Suhrawardi's use of Avicenna's concept and Mulla
Sadra'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.
This book is a collection of studies on topics related to
subjectivity and selfhood in medieval and early modern philosophy.
The individual contributions approach the theme from a number of
angles varying from cognitive and moral psychology to metaphysics
and epistemology. 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. The questions
addressed include the ethical problems of the location of one's
true self and the proper distribution of labour between desire,
passion and reason, and the psychological tasks of accounting for
subjective experience and self-knowledge and determining different
types of self-awareness.
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 Suhrawardi's use of Avicenna's concept and Mulla
Sadra'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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