Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes / by Catarina Belo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belo, Catarina, 1974-

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 69.

Islamic philosophy, theology and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 69

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Free will and determinism.

Islamic philosophy.

Avicenna, 980-1037.

Avicenna.

Averroës, 1126-1198.

Averroës.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / C. Belo

Introduction / C. Belo

Chapter One. Avicenna On Chance / C. Belo

Chapter Two. Avicenna On Matter / C. Belo

Chapter Three. Avicenna On Celestial Causation And Providence / C. Belo

Chapter Four. Averroes On Chance / C. Belo

Chapter Five. Averroes On Matter And Necessity / C. Belo

Chapter Six. Averroes On Celestial Causation And Providence / C. Belo

Conclusion / C. Belo

Bibliography / C. Belo

General Index / C. Belo

Index Of Main Passages / C. Belo.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-239) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-91715-X

9786611917159

90-474-1915-4

OCLC:

646789716

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004155879.i-252 DOI