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floating man

Also known as flying man, man suspended in air

Avicenna’s thought experiment arguing for the existence of the soul

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Islamic philosophy

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Avicenna Concepts in the philosophy of mind Thought experiments in philosophy

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mind–body dualism

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René Descartes

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Abu Bakr al-Razi

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What links here27 pages

Proof of the Truthful

Hayy ibn Yaqdhan

Avicenna Mausoleum

The Book of Healing

thought experiment

Canon of Medicine

cogito ergo sum

The Incoherence of the Philosophers

philosophy of self

Islamic Golden Age

Early Islamic philosophy

Avicenne Hospital

Al-isharat wa al-tanbihat

sensory deprivation