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f;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">The notion of the minimal self has been linked with the phenomenological concept of prereflective self-awareness, and has served in explanations of body consciousness, sense of ownership, and sense of agency. It’s frequently referenced in experiments on the Rubber Hand Illusion, in characterizations of schizophrenia, and in discussions of Buddhist conceptions of non-self experiences. Despite its ongoing relevance, clear criteria for defining the minimal self are said to be lacking, and several issues are still under debate, including how the minimal self relates to embodiment and whether intersubjective or social relations contribute to its constitution. In this paper I’ll suggest that Avicenna’s Flying Man thought experiment can address a number of these issues, and can offer some clarifications relevant to the ongoing discussions in analytic, phenomenological, and cognitive science contexts.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The Agora Speaker Series is proudly hosted by</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The School of Liberal Arts</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities  </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">University of Wollongong </span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">NSW 2522 Australia</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">SOLA Enquiries </span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:sola-enquiries@uow.edu.au" id="gmail-LPlnkOWAd029c4d7-ae6b-f29b-f11f-8d5f56e2dc93" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">sola-enquiries@uow.edu.au</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-kerning:inherit;font-fea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