system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If we suppose that one were to be completely devoid of their five senses (yet still alive), would they still be capable of self-consciousness?

In addition, have any philosophers in the past dealt with this question?
gpt
This is basically the point of Avicenna's 'Flying Man' thought experiment, which was also discussed by a large number of subsequent thinkers. His answer was yes. You might want to start by looking into that.