Deborah L Black
Biographic Data
| ID | 1401586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deborah L Black |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deborah L |
| FAMILY NAME | Black |
| SIGNATURE | BLACK D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2263-6504 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Varieties of consciousness in classical Arabic thought: Avicenna, Averroes, and the mutakallimūn
In classical Arabic philosophy, the topic of consciousness is commonly associated with Avicenna's ‘Flying Man’ thought experiment. But Avicenna's explorations of the nature of consciousness are not confined to the Flying Man, and he is by no means the only classical Islamic thinker to deem consciousness an important feature of our experience. Consciousness also plays a important role in the epistemology and moral psychology of Avicenna's intellec…
Knowledge ( ‘Ilm ) and Certitude ( Yaqīn ) in Al-Fārābī’s Epistemology
The concept of ‘‘certitude” ( yaqīn ) is central in Arabic discussions of the theory of demonstration advanced by Aristotle in the Posterior Analytics . In the Arabic tradition it is ‘‘certitude,” rather than ‘‘knowledge” ( ‘ilm =Greek epistēmē ), that is usually identified as the end sought by demonstrations. Al-Fārābī himself devotes a short treatise, known as the Conditions of Certitude ( šarā’iṭ al-yaqīn ), to determining the criteria accordi…
Imagination and Estimation: Arabic Paradigms and Western Transformations
Allegory and Philosophy in Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ), with a Translation of the "Book of the Prophet Muḥammad's Ascent to Heaven." . Peter Heath
Estimation (Wahm) in Avicenna: The Logical and Psychological Dimensions
One of the chief innovations in medieval adaptations of Aristotelian psychology was the expansion of Aristotle's notion of imagination orphantasiato include a variety of distinct perceptual powers known collectively as the internal senses (hawâss bâtinah). Amongst medieval philosophers in the Arabic world, Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ, 980-1037) offers one of the most complex and sophisticated accounts of the internal senses. Within his list of internal se…
Estimation (Wahm) in Avicenna: The Logical and Psychological Dimensions
One of the chief innovations in medieval adaptations of Aristotelian psychology was the expansion of Aristotle's notion of imagination orphantasiato include a variety of distinct perceptual powers known collectively as the internal senses (hawâss bâtinah). Amongst medieval philosophers in the Arabic world, Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ, 980-1037) offers one of the most complex and sophisticated accounts of the internal senses. Within his list of internal se…
Estimation (Wahm) in Avicenna: The Logical and Psychological Dimensions
One of the chief innovations in medieval adaptations of Aristotelian psychology was the expansion of Aristotle's notion of imagination orphantasiato include a variety of distinct perceptual powers known collectively as the internal senses (hawâss bâtinah). Amongst medieval philosophers in the Arabic world, Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ, 980-1037) offers one of the most complex and sophisticated accounts of the internal senses. Within his list of internal se…
Allegory and Philosophy in Avicenna (Ibn Sînâ), with a Translation of the "Book of the Prophet Muḥammad's Ascent to Heaven." . Peter Heath
Imagination and Estimation: Arabic Paradigms and Western Transformations
Knowledge ( ‘Ilm ) and Certitude ( Yaqīn ) in Al-Fārābī’s Epistemology
The concept of ‘‘certitude” ( yaqīn ) is central in Arabic discussions of the theory of demonstration advanced by Aristotle in the Posterior Analytics . In the Arabic tradition it is ‘‘certitude,” rather than ‘‘knowledge” ( ‘ilm =Greek epistēmē ), that is usually identified as the end sought by demonstrations. Al-Fārābī himself devotes a short treatise, known as the Conditions of Certitude ( šarā’iṭ al-yaqīn ), to determining the criteria accordi…
Varieties of consciousness in classical Arabic thought: Avicenna, Averroes, and the mutakallimūn
In classical Arabic philosophy, the topic of consciousness is commonly associated with Avicenna's ‘Flying Man’ thought experiment. But Avicenna's explorations of the nature of consciousness are not confined to the Flying Man, and he is by no means the only classical Islamic thinker to deem consciousness an important feature of our experience. Consciousness also plays a important role in the epistemology and moral psychology of Avicenna's intellec…
Medieval and Classical Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Islamic Thought and Society Studies (3 works) · Arabic (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works)