Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes /

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Examines the question as to whether medieval Muslim philosophers Avicenna (Arabic Ibn Sina 980-1037) and Averroes (Arabic Ibn Rushd 1126-1198) are determinists. With a focus on physics and metaphysics, this book also studies their views on chance events in nature, as well as matter, in particular pr...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Belo, Catarina, 1974-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Collection:Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 69.
Sujets:
Avicenna, > 980-1037.
Averroës, > 1126-1198.
Averroës, > 1126-1198
Avicenna, > 980-1037
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic philosophy.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Philosophie islamique.
PHILOSOPHY > Free Will & Determinism.
Free will and determinism > Religious aspects > Islam
Islamic philosophy
Toeval.
Determinisme.
Islamitische filosofie.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Avicenna on chance
  • Chapter Two. Avicenna on matter
  • Chapter Three. Avicenna on celestial causation and providence
  • Chapter Four. Averroes on chance
  • Chapter Five. Averroes on matter and necessity
  • Chapter Six. Averroes on celestial causation and providence
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index of Main Passages.

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