Among the internal senses, this philosopher listed the faculty of estimation, or wahm, which perceives the inner meanings of things rather than their form.
Among the internal senses, this philosopher listed the faculty of estimation, or wahm, which perceives the inner meanings of things rather than their form. He argued that existence is a super-added attribute to essence, and is thus an accident. He imagined a man who had no sensory input but retained self-awareness to argue that the capacity for thought does not depend on the senses. Al-Ghazali summarized this man's philosophy in The Intentions of the Philosophers before refuting his Aristotelianism in The Incoherence of the Philosophers. This creator of the Floating Man thought experiment summarized Galen's teachings into five volumes in his Canon of Medicine. For 10 points, name this early Islamic philosopher from Persia who wrote The Book of Healing.
Among the internal senses, this philosopher listed the faculty of estimation, or wahm, which perceives the inner meanings of things rather than their form.
Avicenna [or Ibn Sina]