Ibn Sina · Theology

The Flying Man

Ibn Sina’s dazzling thought experiment - a man created in mid-air, in total sensory blankness, who would still be certain of his own self - six centuries before Descartes.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Ibn Sina’s Flying Man would affirm his self while affirming no body. Reconstruct the thought experiment and what it’s meant to show, in your own words.

Leads to René Descartes.

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