Interpreting Avicenna - Science and Philosophy in Medieval Islam : Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Avicenna Study Group.

This volume provides twelve essays on various aspects of Avicenna's philosophical and scientific contributions, approaching these topics from philological, historical and philosohical methodologies. The work is conceptually divided into four sections: (1) methodology, (2) natural philosophy and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGinnis, Jon
Otros Autores: Reisman, David C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Brill Academic Publishers, 2004.
Temas:
Avicenna, > 980-1037 > Congresses.
Avicenna, > 980-1037
Islamic philosophy > Congresses.
Philosophy, Medieval > Congresses.
Islam and science > History > Congresses.
Philosophie islamique > Congrès.
Philosophie médiévale > Congrès.
Islam et sciences > Histoire > Congrès.
Islam and science
Islamic philosophy
Philosophy, Medieval
Avicenna.
Philosophy, Islamic - Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on the Transliteration of Arabic and Persian
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Pseudo-Avicennan Corpus, I: Methodological Considerations (David C. Reisman (University of Illinois, Chicago))
  • Chapter Two. Ibn Sīnā on Chance in the Physics of aš-šifā' (Catarina Belo (University of Oxford))
  • Chapter Three. On the Moment of Substantial Change: A Vexed Question in the History of Ideas (Jon McGinnis (University of Missouri, St. Louis)).
  • Chapter Eight. Reconsidering Avicenna's Position on God's Knowledge of Particulars (Rahim Acar (Marmara University))
  • Chapter Eleven. The Three Properties of Prophethood in Certain Works of Avicenna and al-ġazālī (M. Afifi al-Akiti (University of Oxford))
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Arabic Words.
  • Chapter Four. Intellect, Soul and Body in Ibn Sīnā: Systematic Synthesis and Development of the Aristotelian, Neoplatonic and Galenic Theories (Robert E. Hall (Queen's University, Belfast))
  • Chapter Five. Non-Discursive Thought in Avicenna's Commentary on the Theology of Aristotle (Peter Adamson (King's College, London))
  • Chapter Six. The Conception of the Angle in the Works of Ibn Sīnā and aš-širāzī (Irina Luther (Russian Academy of Sciences))
  • Chapter Seven. Avicenna's Argument for the Existence of God: Was He Really Influenced by the Mutakallimūn? (Ömer Mahir Alper (Istanbul University)).

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