The Arabic Philosphy

Informationen zum Autor Peter Adamson is Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College London. Richard C. Taylor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University. Klappentext An accessible introduction to Arabic philosophy from the 'classical' period to later Islamic thought. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays provides an accessible introduction to Arabic philosophy. It includes chapters on individual thinkers or groups; on areas of philosophical inquiry across the tradition! such as ethics and metaphysics; on later Islamic thought; and on the connections between Arabic philosophy and Greek! Jewish! and Latin philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Peter Adamson and Richard C. Taylor; 2. Greek into Arabic: neoplatonism in translation Cristina D'Ancona; 3. Al-Kindî and the reception of Greek philosophy Peter Adamson; 4. Al-Fârâbî and the philosophical curriculum David Reisman; 5. The Ismâ'îlîs Paul Walker; 6. Avicenna and the Avicennian tradition Robert Wisnovsky; 7. Al-Gazâlî Michael E. Marmura; 8. Philosophy in Andalusia: Ibn Bâjja and Ibn Tufayl Josep Puig Montada; 9. Averroes: religious dialectic and Aristotelian philosophical thought Richard C. Taylor; 10. Suhrawardî and illuminationism John Walbridge; 11. Mysticism and philosophy: Obn 'Arabî and Mullâ Sadrâ Sajjad H. Rizvi; 12. Logic Tony Street; 13. Ethical and political philosophy Charles E. Butterworth; 14. Natural philosophy Marwan Rashed; 15. Psychology: soul and intellect Deborah L. Black; 16. Metaphysics Thérèse-Anne Druart; 17. Islamic philosophy and Jewish philosophy Steven Harvey; 18. Arabic into Latin: the reception of Arabic philosophy into Western Europe Charles Burnett; 19. Recent trends in Arabic and Persian philosophy Hossein Ziai.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Adamson
• Assisted by: Peter Adamson (Editor), Richard C. Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2005
• EAN: 9780521520690
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52069-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge companion; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge companion
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs