Forming the Mind: Essays on the Internal Senses and the Mind/Body Problem from Avicenna to the Medical EnlightenmentHardcover, 20 September 2007

This book deals with the internal senses, the mind/body problem and other problems associated with the concept of mind as it developed from Avicenna to the medical Enlightenment. The book collects essays from scholars in this promising field of research. It brings together scholars working on the same issues in the Arabic, Jewish and Western philosophical traditions. This collection opens up new and interesting perspectives.