Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroes write by Catarina Belo. This book was released on 2007-02-28. Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the question whether medieval Muslim philosophers Avicenna (Arabic Ibn Sīnā 980-1037) and Averroes (Arabic Ibn Rushd 1126-1198) are determinists. With a focus on physics and metaphysics it studies their views on chance events in nature, as well as matter, in particular prime matter, and divine providence. In addition it sets their positions against the historical/philosophical background that influenced their response, the Greco-Arabic philosophical tradition - Aristotelian and Neoplatonic - on the one hand, and the tradition of Islamic theology (kalām) on the other. In comparing their philosophical systems, it lays emphasis on the way in which Avicenna and Averroes use these traditions to offer an original answer to the problem of determinism.
Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroës
Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroës - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroës write by Catarina Carriço Marques de Moura Belo. This book was released on 2007. Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroës available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the issue of determinism in Avicenna and Averroes through an analysis of their views on chance, matter and divine providence. It sets the debate against the philosophical/historical background of Aristotelianism, Neoplatonism and Islamic theology.
The Elements of Avicennaʼs Physics
The Elements of Avicennaʼs Physics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Elements of Avicennaʼs Physics write by Andreas Lammer. This book was released on 2018-02-05. The Elements of Avicennaʼs Physics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the physical theory of the Islamic philosopher Avicenna (d. 1037). It seeks to understand his contribution against the developments within the preceding Greek and Arabic intellectual milieus, and to appreciate his philosophy as such by emphasising his independence as a critical and systematic thinker. Exploring Avicenna’s method of "teaching and learning," it investigates the implications of his account of the natural body as a three-dimensionally extended composite of matter and form, and examines his views on nature as a principle of motion and his analysis of its relation to soul. Moreover, it demonstrates how Avicenna defends the Aristotelian conception of place against the strident criticism of his predecessors, among other things, by disproving the existence of void and space. Finally, it sheds new light on Avicenna’s account of the essence and the existence of time. For the first time taking into account the entire range of Avicenna’s major writings, this study fills a gap in our understanding both of the history of natural philosophy in general and of the philosophy of Avicenna in particular. This monograph has been awarded the annual BRAIS – De Gruyter Prize (Kulturpreis Bayern) in the Study of Islam and the Muslim World and the Iran World Award for Book of the Year (2020).
Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics write by Maroun Aouad. This book was released on 2023-11-13. Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics reveals the original version, previously considered lost, of a landmark work in Arabic philosophy. Undoubtedly authored by the Cordovan thinker Averroes (1126-1198), this “middle” commentary is distinct from the Long Commentary and the Short Commentary in method, several doctrinal elements, and scope (it includes books M and N of the Stagirite’s treatise). These points and the transmission of the Middle Commentary at the crossroads of Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin traditions are addressed in the introduction, which also establishes that the work was extensively quoted by the mystical philosopher Ibn Sabʿīn (13th c.). The edition of the text and the facing translation follow. At the end of the book are Ibn Sabʿīn’s quotations, along with extensive indexes.
Divine Free Action in Avicenna and Anselm
Divine Free Action in Avicenna and Anselm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Free Action in Avicenna and Anselm write by Ayşenur Ünügür-Tabur. This book was released on 2023-09-19. Divine Free Action in Avicenna and Anselm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates the compatibility between the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS, hereafter) and divine free action primarily in the works of Avicenna and Anselm with an analytical approach. The book has three main objectives: (1) to thoroughly analyse both philosophers’ views on DDS, divine free will, and their compatibility; (2) to put them into the context of the contemporary discourse of the philosophy of religion, by investigating whether it is possible to have freedom without the ability to do otherwise (as proposed by both philosophers for divine free will) with a reference to the prominent contemporary discussions initiated by Harry Frankfurt’s counterexamples; and (3) to show the plausibility of the agent-causal view for divine freedom (as defended by Anselm and Avicenna) by briefly sketching an alternative account based on Anselmian intuitions (the meta-awareness account) which can avoid the reasons-explanation objection and the luck objection against the libertarian agent-causal view.
