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The Flying Man, not as before

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Abstract

This paper articulates and defends a reading of the Flying Man on which the argument is logically valid. It then relies on this reading to motivate the presentation of an overlooked puzzle for scholars of Ibn Sīnā. It concludes by identifying other contexts in which the general method of the Flying Man is deployed — a method that, in Ibn Sīnā’s moral philosophy, resembles the Enlightenment social-contract tradition.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Subtitle of host publicationBlackwell Companions to Philosophy
EditorsMohammad Saleh Zarepour, Jon D. McGinnis
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781394258468
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2025

Publication series

NameBlackwell Companions to Philosophy
PublisherWiley Blackwell

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