@HistPhilosophy @ExeterIAIS talking about his #ERC project 1/
Context is the rise in interest in ethical treatment of animals - one thinks of #PeterSinger - and also a different way to approach thought in #Islam away from usual stereotypes 2/
The key text of the #Greek background is #Porphyry On Abstention books.google.co.uk/books?id=B5ojA… which presents a Neoplatonic case for forgoing meat as pleasure 3/
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It’s worth thinking a bit more about the question of sentience - which is key for #Singer - and the description also in #SuratalTakwir (Quran 81) 5/
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#avicenna 10/
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It struck me that is one takes on the notion of a sentient continuum and what picks out the importance of human animals is the practice of philosophy at the heart of which is #godlikeness #theosis tho @HistPhilosophy didn’t quite agree 12/
But it seems pursing a panpsychist approach might be worth taking - which is where #MullaSadra would come in 13/
But anyway was a really interesting presentation - and looking forward to what the project will bring up on #animals on #philosophy in #IslamicWorld 14/ END
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