SSALT

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SSALT

• Subjectivity and Selfhood in the Arabic and Latin
  Traditions

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Subjectivity

• Cartesian paradigm mind as a self-aware,
  self-standing principle of cognition and action
• Current dissatisfaction what about, e.g.,
  embodied consciousness?
• Medieval precedents

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Selfhood

• Ancient virtue ethics
• Encounter with monotheism Philo and the church
  fathers
• Medieval continuities

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Moral psychology

• Platos tripartite soul reason, spirit, appetite
• Aristotelian cognitive theory senses,
  imagination, memory, reason
• Medieval traditions bridge the two (plus
  Stoicism, etc.)
• Moral agency will, choice, responsibility

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Innovation Arabic philosophy

• Medieval culture
• Greek rationalism
• Hebrew monotheism
• gtgtgt Arabic philosophy forms part of the Western
  tradition
• The influence of the Arabic philosophers
• The intrinsic interest in Arabic solutions

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The Great Conversation
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Individual projects

• Taneli Kukkonen (PI) Emotions in Arabic
  Philosophy
• Jari Kaukua Self-Awareness in Medieval Islamic
  Philosophy
• Doctoral student, TBD

• Juhana Toivanen Humans and Other Animals in
  Medieval Latin Philosophy
• Vili Lähteenmäki Subjectivity in Early Modern
  Philosophy
• Doctoral Student, TBD

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Partners and collaborators

• Helsinki Centre of Excellence (History of Mind,
  PMP)
• Uppsala project on agency
• Toronto collaborative program in ancient and
  medieval philosophy
• Etc.

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Workshops and conferences

• Soul and Self-Awareness 2009
• Theories of Emotions 2010
• Will and Moral Agency 2011
• SUBJECTIVITY AND SELFHOOD 2012

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Subjectivity and selfhood