Chance and Determinism in Avicenna and Averroes (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)
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Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL12799144M
- ISBN-139789004155879
- ISBN-109004155872
- OCLC Control Number74526262
- OCLC Control Numberchancedeterminis00belo
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2006051267
- LibraryThing2726134
- Goodreads750639
Classifications
- LCCB105.D47
Description
This book examines the question 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, 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 (kalam) 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. -- Back cover.
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