The floating man, flying man, or man suspended in air argument is a thought experiment by the Persian philosopher Ibn Sina (Avicenna) which argues for...

and the body. He based his investigation on the Floating Man argument where, he proposes, a man floating in the air or a vacuum where he cannot perceive...

In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic on subsets of real numbers formed by a significand (a signed sequence of a fixed number of digits...

castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his famous "floating man"—literally falling man—a thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness...

fault with the principle.: 159  Another predecessor was Avicenna's "Floating Man" thought experiment on human self-awareness and self-consciousness. The...

waters' surface until removed by the community board. There is also a floating man-made dock, approximately 40 ft (12.2 m) from the shoreline, to which...

The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war or bluebottle, is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian...

allegory of the cave. Another historic thought experiment was Avicenna's "Floating Man" thought experiment in the 11th century. He asked his readers to imagine...

A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Sometimes referred...

The IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is a technical standard for floating-point arithmetic originally established in 1985 by the...

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Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for her first poetry collection, The Floating Man, and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize for her second collection...

Samuel Shepherd (born 1986), known professionally as Floating Points, is a British electronic music producer, DJ, and musician. He is the founder of Pluto...

ball or anything resembling a ball (round or circular in appearance) A floating man-overboard pole or dan buoy can be used to indicate that a person is in...

final intellect. While he was imprisoned, Avicenna wrote his famous "Floating man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantial...

Floating is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by William Roth and starring Norman Reedus. Van is a man who struggles set against a turbulent...

logic and ethics. Ibn Sina argued his "Floating man" thought experiment concerning self-awareness, in which a man deprived of sense experience by being...

him to be happy as the butcher was coming to slaughter him, and the sick man rejoiced. When Avicenna approached the prince with a knife in his hand, he...

the title of one of his allegories and drawing inspiration from his Floating Man thought experiment, but transforming the subject's sensory deprivation...

imprisoned in the castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his "Floating Man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality...

in the castle of Fardajan near Hamadhan, Avicenna wrote his famous "Floating Man" thought experiment to demonstrate human self-awareness and the substantiality...

included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom-built floating islands. Some proponents say seasteads can "provide the means for rapid...

developed the notion of knowledge by presence in the argument of the floating man. According to this argument, if we consider the I-ness of a human in...

has been bleached white due to photodegradation. The exposed end of the floating tree is splintered and worn but wide and buoyant enough to support a person's...

Extended precision refers to floating-point number formats that provide greater precision than the basic floating-point formats. Extended-precision formats...

Lijn this year.[citation needed] In 1960, Takis moved on from floating nails to a floating man. At the Iris Clert Gallery in Paris, Takis set up a series...

Floating Weeds (Japanese: 浮草, Hepburn: Ukigusa) is a 1959 Japanese drama directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Nakamura Ganjirō II and Machiko Kyō. Considered...

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios...

A floating timeline (also known as a sliding timescale) is a device used in fiction, particularly in long-running comics and animation, to explain why...

Man of Steel is a 2013 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, DC Entertainment...