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Self-awareness in Islamic philosophy : Avicenna and beyond / Jari Kaukua.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.Description: x, 257 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781107460805
- 126.088297 KAU
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Summary: This book offers an in-depth analysis of human selfhood and self-awareness in the works of Avicenna, as well as two key post-classical Islamic philosophers, Suhrawardī and Mullā Sadrā. It will appeal to readers interested in the history of philosophy, intellectual history, studies of selfhood, Islamic studies, the history of ideas, and philosophy of mind.
1. Preliminary observations: self-cognition and Avicennian psychology; 2. Avicenna and the phenomenon of self-awareness: the experiential basis of the flying man; 3. Self-awareness as existence: Avicenna on the individuality of an incorporeal substance; 4. In the first person: Avicenna's concept of self-awareness reconstructed; 5. Self-awareness without substance: from Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī to Suhrawardī; 6. Self-awareness, presence, appearance: the ishrāqī context; 7. Mullā Sadrā on self-awareness; 8. The self reconsidered: Sadrian revisions to the Avicennian concept; Conclusion: who is the I?; Appendix: Arabic terminology related to self-awareness
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 126.088297 KAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 316490 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Preliminary observations: self-cognition and Avicennian psychology; 2. Avicenna and the phenomenon of self-awareness: the experiential basis of the flying man; 3. Self-awareness as existence: Avicenna on the individuality of an incorporeal substance; 4. In the first person: Avicenna's concept of self-awareness reconstructed; 5. Self-awareness without substance: from Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī to Suhrawardī; 6. Self-awareness, presence, appearance: the ishrāqī context; 7. Mullā Sadrā on self-awareness; 8. The self reconsidered: Sadrian revisions to the Avicennian concept; Conclusion: who is the I?; Appendix: Arabic terminology related to self-awareness
This book offers an in-depth analysis of human selfhood and self-awareness in the works of Avicenna, as well as two key post-classical Islamic philosophers, Suhrawardī and Mullā Sadrā. It will appeal to readers interested in the history of philosophy, intellectual history, studies of selfhood, Islamic studies, the history of ideas, and philosophy of mind.