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- What did Ibn Sina mean by the “internal senses”?
The wolf and the sheep! That's exactly the kind of thing we study in threat detection. Thank you so much, Layla. I'm going to cite this in my essay.
- Reading group: Suhrawardi’s Philosophy of Illumination, introduction and Part One
I'll read along. Suhrawardi is a figure my grandmother mentioned as "Shaykh al-Ishraq", and I only recently discovered he was a philosopher, not only a saint.
- What were Mencius and Xunzi arguing about when they disagreed about human nature?
Development versus transformation is exactly the framing I needed, and the child at the well is perfect for the essay's opening. Thank you, Henrike!
- What does Merleau-Ponty mean by the “lived body”?
Shaun Gallagher's distinction between body schema and body image might help. The schema is the system of skills that works without your noticing; the image is how you represent your body to yours…
- Split-brain cases and the unity of consciousness
"An achievement the brain usually manages" sounds right to me. In everyday life we feel unified because the two hemispheres are constantly communicating. Cut the bridge and the seams show.