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Before and after Avicenna : proceedings of the First Conference of the Avicenna Study Group / edited by David C. Reisman ; with the assistance of Ahmed H. Al-Rahim.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Conference of the Avicenna Study Group (1st : 2001 : Yale University)
- Series:
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 52.
- Islamic philosophy, theology and science ; v. 52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Avicenna, 980-1037--Congresses.
- Avicenna.
- Avicenna, 980-1037.
- Islamic philosophy--Congresses.
- Islamic philosophy.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Contents:
- Before Avicenna
- 1. Avicenna's Treatment of Aristotelian Modals A Study based on Conversion Rules and the Barbara Problematic / Asad Q. Ahmed 3
- 2. Some Texts of Aristotle's Metaphysics in the Ilahiyat of Avicenna's Kitab as-Sifa' / Amos Bertolacci 25
- 3. Towards a History of Avicenna's Distinction between Immanent and Transcendent Causes / Robert Wisnovsky 49
- 4. Intellect versus Active Intellect: Plotinus and Avicenna / Rahim Acar 69
- The Age of Avicenna
- 5. Stealing Avicenna's Books: A Study of the Historical Sources for the Life and Times of Avicenna / David C. Reisman 91
- 6. Rocks in the Heavens?! The Encounter between 'Abd al-Gabbar and Ibn Sina / Alnoor Dhanani 127
- 7. Medical Theory and Scientific Method in the Age of Avicenna / Dimitri Gutas 145
- 8. Bodies, Souls and Resurrection in Avicenna's ar-Risala al-Adhawiya fi amr al-maad / Tariq Jaffer 163
- After Avicenna
- 9. Bahmanyar ibn Marzuban: A Faithful Disciple of Ibn Sina? / Jules Janssens 177
- 10. Fahr ad-Din ar-Razi's Critique of Ibn Sina's Argument for the Unity of God in the Isarat, and Nasir ad-Din at-Tusi's Defence / Toby Mayer 199
- 11. The Twelver-Sii Reception of Avicenna in the Mongol Period / Ahmed H. Al-Rahim 219
- 12. Process Metaphysics in Islam? Avicenna and Mulla Sadra on Intensification in Being / Sajjad Rizvi 233
- 13. The Reception of Ibn Sina in Syriac: The Case of Gregory Barhebraeus / Hidemi Takahashi 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9004129782
- OCLC:
- 51800350
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