Floating man experiential field shows that the self is not consequently a substance and thereby there is no subjectivity. On the other hand some scholars like Wisnovsky believe that the flying man argument proved the substantiality of the soul. Ibn Sina believes that innate awareness is completely independent of sensory experience. Before the French philosopher Descartes (1596–1650) pointed out the existence of the conscious self as a turning point in epistemology, using the phrase "Cogito ergo sum," the 11th century Iranian philosopher Avicenna had referred to the existence of consciousness in the flying man argument. Thus, long before Descartes, Avicenna had established
Ergo Proxy two DVD box collection on September 25, 2012 and August 22, 2012 respectively. In Australia and New Zealand, the "Ergo Proxy" DVDs were distributed by Madman Entertainment, the first volume released in March 2007. The first volume of "Ergo Proxy" was released in the UK by MVM Films on August 6, 2007. The English dub of "Ergo Proxy" aired on ABC2 (the national digital public television channel) from July 3, 2007 to December 4, 2007. In Canada, the English dub aired as part of Anime Current, an Anime Television block, on pay-TV digital channel G4 Canada from July 26, 2007