Book contents
- Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
- Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Preliminary observations: self-cognition and Avicennian psychology
- Chapter 2 Avicenna and the phenomenon of self-awareness: the experiential basis of the flying man
- Chapter 3 Self-awareness as existence: Avicenna on the individuality of an incorporeal substance
- Chapter 4 In the first person: Avicenna’s concept of self-awarenessreconstructed
- Chapter 5 Self-awareness without substance: from Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī to Suhrawardī
- Chapter 6 Self-awareness, presence, appearance: theishrāqīcontext
- Chapter 7 Mullā Ṣadrā on self-awareness
- Chapter 8 The self reconsidered: Ṣadrian revisions to the Avicennian concept
- Conclusion Who is the I?
- Appendix Arabic terminology related to self-awareness
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - Preliminary observations: self-cognition and Avicennian psychology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2015
- Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
- Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Preliminary observations: self-cognition and Avicennian psychology
- Chapter 2 Avicenna and the phenomenon of self-awareness: the experiential basis of the flying man
- Chapter 3 Self-awareness as existence: Avicenna on the individuality of an incorporeal substance
- Chapter 4 In the first person: Avicenna’s concept of self-awarenessreconstructed
- Chapter 5 Self-awareness without substance: from Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī to Suhrawardī
- Chapter 6 Self-awareness, presence, appearance: theishrāqīcontext
- Chapter 7 Mullā Ṣadrā on self-awareness
- Chapter 8 The self reconsidered: Ṣadrian revisions to the Avicennian concept
- Conclusion Who is the I?
- Appendix Arabic terminology related to self-awareness
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Self-Awareness in Islamic PhilosophyAvicenna and Beyond, pp. 12 - 29Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015