Author: Avicenna
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
ISBN: 9781568593128
Category : Islamic philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Metaphysics of the Shifa
Author: Avicenna
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
ISBN: 9781568593128
Category : Islamic philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
ISBN: 9781568593128
Category : Islamic philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
الشفاء: الالهيات
Author: Avicenna
Publisher: FARMS
ISBN:
Category : Islamic philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Within this emanative scheme we encounter some of the basic ideas of Avicenna's religious and political philosophy, including his discussion of the divine attributes, divine providence, the Hereafter, and the ideal, "virtuous" city with its philosopher-prophet as the recipient and conveyer of the revealed law, a human link between the celestial and the terrestrial worlds."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: FARMS
ISBN:
Category : Islamic philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Within this emanative scheme we encounter some of the basic ideas of Avicenna's religious and political philosophy, including his discussion of the divine attributes, divine providence, the Hereafter, and the ideal, "virtuous" city with its philosopher-prophet as the recipient and conveyer of the revealed law, a human link between the celestial and the terrestrial worlds."--BOOK JACKET.
Avicenna's Al-Shifā'
Author: Sari Nusseibeh
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351050427
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century, considered one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. Although much has been written about Avicenna, and especially about his major philosophical work, Al-Shifa, this book presents the rationalist Avicenna in an entirely new light, showing him to have presented a theory where our claims of knowledge about the world are in effect just that, claims, and must therefore be underwritten by our faith in God. His project enlists arguments in psychology as well as in language and logic. In a sense, the ceiling he puts on the reach of reason can be compared with later rationalists in the Western tradition, from Descartes to Kant –though, unlike Descartes, he does not deem it necessary to reconstruct his theory of knowledge via a proof of the existence of God. Indeed, Avicenna’s theory presents the concept of God as being necessarily presupposed by our theory of knowledge, and God as the Necessary Being who is presupposed by an existing world where nothing of itself is what it is by an intrinsic nature, and must therefore be as it is due to an external cause. The detailed and original analysis of Avicenna’s work here is presented as what he considered to be his own, or ‘oriental’ philosophy. Presenting an innovative interpretation of Avicenna’s thought, this book will appeal to scholars working on classical Islamic philosophy, kalām and the History of Logic.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351050427
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
This book deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century, considered one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy. Although much has been written about Avicenna, and especially about his major philosophical work, Al-Shifa, this book presents the rationalist Avicenna in an entirely new light, showing him to have presented a theory where our claims of knowledge about the world are in effect just that, claims, and must therefore be underwritten by our faith in God. His project enlists arguments in psychology as well as in language and logic. In a sense, the ceiling he puts on the reach of reason can be compared with later rationalists in the Western tradition, from Descartes to Kant –though, unlike Descartes, he does not deem it necessary to reconstruct his theory of knowledge via a proof of the existence of God. Indeed, Avicenna’s theory presents the concept of God as being necessarily presupposed by our theory of knowledge, and God as the Necessary Being who is presupposed by an existing world where nothing of itself is what it is by an intrinsic nature, and must therefore be as it is due to an external cause. The detailed and original analysis of Avicenna’s work here is presented as what he considered to be his own, or ‘oriental’ philosophy. Presenting an innovative interpretation of Avicenna’s thought, this book will appeal to scholars working on classical Islamic philosophy, kalām and the History of Logic.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Genealogy to Iqbal
Author: Edward Craig
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415187091
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Volume four of a ten volume set which provides full and detailed coverage of all aspects of philosophy, including information on how philosophy is practiced in different countries, who the most influential philosophers were, and what the basic concepts are.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415187091
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Volume four of a ten volume set which provides full and detailed coverage of all aspects of philosophy, including information on how philosophy is practiced in different countries, who the most influential philosophers were, and what the basic concepts are.
The Phenomenological Quest Between Avicenna and Heidegger
Author: Nader El-Bizri
Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781586840051
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Examines Avicenna’s phenomenological considerations of the question of being.
Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781586840051
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Examines Avicenna’s phenomenological considerations of the question of being.
The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's Metaphysics
Author: Dag Nikolaus Hasse
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110215764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Avicenna’s Metaphysics (in Arabic: Ilâhiyyât) is the most important and influential metaphysical treatise of classical and medieval times after Aristotle. This volume presents studies on its direct and indirect influence in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin culture from the time of its composition in the early eleventh century until the sixteenth century. Among the philosophical topics which receive particular attention are the distinction between essence and existence, the theory of universals, the concept of God as the necessary being and the theory of emanation. It is shown how authors such as Averroes, Abraham ibn Daud, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus react to Avicenna’s metaphysical theories. The studies also address the philological and historical circumstances of the textual tradition in three different medieval cultures. The studies are written by a distinguished international team of contributors, who convened in 2008 to discuss their research in the Villa Vigoni, Italy.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110215764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Avicenna’s Metaphysics (in Arabic: Ilâhiyyât) is the most important and influential metaphysical treatise of classical and medieval times after Aristotle. This volume presents studies on its direct and indirect influence in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin culture from the time of its composition in the early eleventh century until the sixteenth century. Among the philosophical topics which receive particular attention are the distinction between essence and existence, the theory of universals, the concept of God as the necessary being and the theory of emanation. It is shown how authors such as Averroes, Abraham ibn Daud, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus react to Avicenna’s metaphysical theories. The studies also address the philological and historical circumstances of the textual tradition in three different medieval cultures. The studies are written by a distinguished international team of contributors, who convened in 2008 to discuss their research in the Villa Vigoni, Italy.
The Propositional Logic of Avicenna
Author: Avicenna
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401026246
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
The main purpose of this work is to provide an English translation of and commentary on a recently published Arabic text dealing with con ditional propositions and syllogisms. The text is that of A vicenna (Abu represents his views on the subject as they were held throughout his life.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401026246
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
The main purpose of this work is to provide an English translation of and commentary on a recently published Arabic text dealing with con ditional propositions and syllogisms. The text is that of A vicenna (Abu represents his views on the subject as they were held throughout his life.
Introduction to Metaphysics
Author: Jean Grondin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231148445
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This history of metaphysics respects both the analytic and Continental schools while also transcending the theoretical limitations of each. The book provides an overview restoring the value of metaphysics to contemporary audiences.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231148445
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This history of metaphysics respects both the analytic and Continental schools while also transcending the theoretical limitations of each. The book provides an overview restoring the value of metaphysics to contemporary audiences.
Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation
Author: Barry S. Kogan
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438409451
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation examines the controversial causation issue. That causes produce their effects and can be known to do so is the view that Averroes defends in his Tahafut Al-Tahafut, where he summarizes and evaluates the debates about causation—debates that took place over several generations between the philosophers and the theologians of medieval Islam. Drawing from his Tahafut, his commentaries, and other writings, Kogan shows that Averroes' discussion of causation represents a dialogue across the generations and a rich contribution to the history of the causal controversy. Averroes responds to al-Ghazali's proto-Humean critique of the philosophers' account which treats causation as an entailment relation. In this response Averroes develops an independent position that is of philosophical interest because it clearly anticipates many of the contemporary responses to Hume associated with the singularist position. Building on this analysis, Kogan resolves many long-standing paradoxes in Averroes' treatment of miracles, eternal creation, God's causal knowing, and the theory of emanation.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438409451
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation examines the controversial causation issue. That causes produce their effects and can be known to do so is the view that Averroes defends in his Tahafut Al-Tahafut, where he summarizes and evaluates the debates about causation—debates that took place over several generations between the philosophers and the theologians of medieval Islam. Drawing from his Tahafut, his commentaries, and other writings, Kogan shows that Averroes' discussion of causation represents a dialogue across the generations and a rich contribution to the history of the causal controversy. Averroes responds to al-Ghazali's proto-Humean critique of the philosophers' account which treats causation as an entailment relation. In this response Averroes develops an independent position that is of philosophical interest because it clearly anticipates many of the contemporary responses to Hume associated with the singularist position. Building on this analysis, Kogan resolves many long-standing paradoxes in Averroes' treatment of miracles, eternal creation, God's causal knowing, and the theory of emanation.
The Life of Ibn Sina
Author: Avicenna
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873952262
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873952262
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description