The University of Queensland

Soul Searching in the Islamic East: Self-knowledge and the Avicennan Legacy in the 13th Century Islamic East (2009–2011)

Abstract:

Avicenna (d.1037) is the Muslim world s Thomas Aquinas. In the eleventh century, he articulated a notion of self-knowledge that provided a new set of philosophical and existential issues with which later philosophers of the 13th century Islamic East grappled. This project will demonstrate how these later philosophers tackled these new issues raised by the knowledge of the soul. This will be done by inscribing their philosophical discussions within the various intellectual traditions to which they belonged. Expected outcomes are one book, one/two articles, and the presentation of research results at international conferences.

Grant type:

ARC Discovery Projects

Funded by:

Australian Research Council