Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on intellect : their cosmologies, theories of the active intellect, and theories of human intellect / Herbert A. Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Herbert A. (Herbert Alan), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avicenna, 980-1037.

Averroës, 1126-1198.

Fārābī.

Islamic philosophy--Greek influences.

Islamic philosophy.

Intellect.

Philosophy of mind.

Islamic cosmology.

Local Subjects:

Avicenna, 980-1037.

Averroës, 1126-1198.

Fārābī.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian philosophers of the 16th century considered the distinction between the potential and the active intellect as a key to deciphering the nature of man and the universe. This study examines the manner in which three specific philosophers dealt with the issue.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Greek and Arabic Antecedents; 3. Alfarabi on Emanation, the Active Intellect, and Human Intellect; 4. Avicenna on Emanation, the Active Intellect, and Human Intellect; 5. Reverberations of the Theories of Alfarabi and Avicenna; 6. Averroes on Emanation and on the Active Intellect as a Cause of Existence; 7. Averroes on the Material Intellect; 8. Averroes on the Active Intellect as the Cause of Human Thought; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772994-0

1-280-52611-4

0-19-536077-X

1-4294-0115-X

OCLC:

191924685