Interpreting Avicenna

Herausgeber: Adamson, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the philosophy of Avicenna, the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. Leading scholars deal with his ideas in areas ranging from medicine to theology and his impact on the Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions. The book is of interest to graduate students of Arabic and medieval philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9781316505359
• ISBN-10: 1316505359
• Artikelnr.: 44266332

Inhaltsangabe

1. The life and times of Avicenna: patronage and learning in medieval Islam David C. Reisman
2. Avicenna's philosophical project Dimitri Gutas
3. Avicenna on the syllogism Tony Street
4. Avicenna's natural philosophy Jon McGinnis
5. Avicenna and medicine Peter E. Pormann
6. Avicenna's epistemological optimism Dag Nikolaus Hasse
7. Certitude, justification, and the principles of knowledge in Avicenna's epistemology Deborah Black
8. Avicenna's metaphysics Stephen Menn
9. From the necessary existent to God Peter Adamson
10. Avicenna's Islamic reception Robert Wisnovsky
11. The reception of Avicenna in Jewish cultures, East and West Gad Freudenthal and Mauro Zonta
12. Avicenna's Christian reception Amos Bertolacci.