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Jari Kaukua

Doctor of Social Sciences

Academic Profile

Expert in Avicennian and post-Avicennian philosophy and theology (eleventh-sixteenth century CE)

Sample Publications

1. Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy: Avicenna and Beyond. Cambridge University Press 2015. 2. A Closed Book: Opacity of the Human Self in Mulla Sadra. Vivarium 52:3-4 (2014). 3. Suhrawardi's Knowledge as Presence in Context. Studia Orientalia 114 (2013).

Current Position

Senior research fellow, University of Jyväskylä