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UNBOXED: Avicenna’s Floating Man & Descartes’ Deceiving Demon

While many Intro Philosophy classes cover Descartes’ Deceiving Demon thought experiment, few cover Avicenna’s Floating Man thought experiment, which is remarkably similar 600 years earlier.

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