Classical Islamic philosophy : a thematic introduction / Luis Xavier López-Farjeat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

López Farjeat, Luis Xavier, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic philosophy--History--To 1500.

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Biography/History:

Luis Xavier López-Farjeat is Tenured Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at Universidad Panamericana, Mexico. He has written on Classical Islamic Philosophy and is co-editor and co-author of the volume Philosophical Psychology in Arabic Thought and the Latin Aristotelianism of the 13th Century (2013) and of The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy (2016). In 2018, he published Razones, argumentos y creencias. Reflexiones a partir de la filosofía islm̀ica. He is associate director of the Aquinas and 'The Arabs' International Working Group and editor of Tópicos, Journal of Philosophy.

Summary:

This thematic introduction to classical Islamic philosophy focuses on the most prevalent philosophical debates of the medieval Islamic world and their importance within the history of philosophy. Approaching the topics in a comprehensive and accessible way in this new volume, Luis Xavier Lopez-Farjeat, one of the co-editors of The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy, makes classical Islamic philosophy approachable for both the new and returning student of the history of philosophy, medieval philosophy, the history of ideas, classical Islamic intellectual history, and the history of religion. Providing readers with a complete view of the most hotly contested debates in the Islamic philosophical tradition, Lopez-Farjeat discusses the development of theology (kalm) and philosophy ( falsafa) during the Abbsid period, including the translation of Aristotle into Arabic, the philosophy and theology of Islamic revelation, logic and philosophy of language, philosophy of natural science, metaphysics, psychology and cognition, and ethics and political philosophy. This volume serves as an indispensable tool for teachers, students, and independent learners aiming to discover the philosophical problems and ideas that defined the classical Islamic world. Key Features Offers readers a broad, thorough view of the history of Islamic philosophy by using a thematic approach. Traces the dialogues between philosophers and theologians about important and controversial topics. Offers both historical descriptions of the key debates in classical Islamic philosophy and current interpretations by contemporary scholars. Includes extensive lists for further reading at the end of each chapter, directing curious students to the best avenues for further research.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The Context

1. The Origins of Islam

2. From the First Caliphs (Rāshidūn) (632-661) to the Umayyad Era (661-750)

3. The ʿAbbāsid Period

4. The Transmission of Foreign Knowledge Into Islamic Lands

Further Reading

2 The Configuration of Philosophy in the Islamic Milieu: The Translation Movement

1. The Translation Movement: From Greek Into Syriac Into Arabic

2. Translation of Greek Philosophy into Arabic

3. Other Sources for Translators, Translations, and Philosophers: Miskawayh and Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī

4. The Transmission of Aristotle's Logical Treatises

5. The Connection Between Logic and Other Disciplines: Jurisprudence and Theology

3 Theologians and Philosophers on Islamic Revelation

1. The Muʿtazilites and Rationalism in Islam

2. The Ashʿarites, the Māturīdītes, and the Recovery of the Tradition

3. Religious Issues in Philosophy

3.1 al-Kindī and the Muʿtazilite Theology

3.2 al-Fārābī: Understanding Religious Matters Philosophically

3.3 Ibn Sīnā on God, the Divine Attributes, and Determinism

4. The Controversies Between al-Ghazālī and Ibn Rushd

5. A Later Critical Reaction to Philosophy: Ibn Taymiyya

4 The Classification of the Sciences, Logic, and Language

1. The Structure of Sciences and the Methods They Employ

1.1 al-Kindī and On the Quantity of Aristotle's Books

1.2 al-Fārābī and the Enumeration of the Sciences

1.3 The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity

1.4 Ibn Sīnā and the Epistle on the Divisions of the Rational Sciences

2. Logic and Language

2.1 al-Fārābī's Logic and Philosophy of Language

2.2 The Aristotelian-Fārābīan-Avicennian Logical Tradition

3. Theory of Argumentation: Dialectic and Demonstration.

3.1 al-Fārābī on the Proper Methods for Philosophical Argumentation

3.2 Ibn Sīnā on Philosophical Demonstrations

3.3 Ibn Rushd on the Demonstrative Syllogism

4. Rhetoric and Poetics

4.1 al-Fārābī on Rhetorical Elocutions and Poetic Images

4.2 Ibn Sīnā on Rhetoric and the Poetic Syllogism

4.3 Ibn Rushd on the Art of Persuasion and the Educational Role of Poetry

5 Philosophy and the Natural Science

1. The Eternity of the World and Creation Ex Nihilo

1.1 Greek Background on the Discussion of the Eternity of the World

1.2 Islamic Approaches to the Creation of the World

1.3 al-Fārābī and Ibn Sīnā on the Eternity of the World

1.4 Ibn Rushd on the Eternity of the World

2. Nature and Its Characteristics

2.1 Nature as an Active or Passive Principle

2.2 Ibn Sīnā and Nature as First Principle of Motion

2.3 Ibn Rushd and Nature as Something Self-Evident

2.4 Ibn Rushd Against Ibn Bājja's Views on Motion in the Void

2.5 Non-Aristotelian Views about Nature: Abū Bakr al-Rāzī and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī

3. The Constitution of the Natural World

3.1 Islamic Atomism

3.2 Islamic Philosophers Against Atomism

3.3 Islamic Philosophers and the Doctrine of Minima Naturalia

4. The Nature of Living Beings

4.1 Atomistic Conceptions of the Soul

4.2 Philosophical Approaches to the Soul

4.3 al-Fārābī and Ibn Sīnā on the Soul and Its Faculties

4.4 Ibn Bājja and Ibn Rushd on the Soul and Its Faculties

6 Metaphysics in the Islamic Philosophical Context

1. The Subject Matter of Metaphysics

1.1 From Metaphysics as Theology to Metaphysics as Ontotheology

1.2 Metaphysics of Being or Metaphysics of Substance

2. Key Metaphysical Concepts

2.1 Thing, Essence, and Existence

2.2 Suhrawardī and Ibn Rushd Against Ibn Sīnā's Metaphysical Concepts.

3. Primary and Secondary Causality

3.1 Ibn Sīnā's Innovations on the Understanding of Causality

3.2 Causation and Determinism in Ibn Sīnā and Ibn Rushd

4. The Metaphysics of God

4.1 al-Kindī and al-Fārābī on God as First Cause

4.2 Ibn Sīnā's Proofs for the Existence of God

4.3 Ibn Rushd's Arguments for the Existence of God

7 Psychology and Theories of Cognition

1. Theories of the Soul

1.1 al-Kindī and the Soul as an Incorporeal Substance

1.2 al-Fārābī on Cosmology, Biology, and the Origin of the Soul

1.3 Ibn Sīnā and Suhrawardī on the Origin of the Soul

1.4 Ibn Bājja and Ibn Rushd on the Nature of the Soul

2. Faculties of the Soul

2.1 al-Kindī's Characterization of the Faculties of the Soul

2.2 al-Fārabī and the Relevance of the Imaginative Faculty

2.3 Ibn Sīnā and Suhrawardī on Sense Perception

2.4 Ibn Bājja and Ibn Rushd on Sense Perception

3. Soul, Body, and Self-Awareness

4. Doctrines on the Intellect

4.1 al-Kindī's and al-Fārābī's Treatises on the Intellect

4.2 Ibn Sīnā on Abstraction Versus Emanationism

4.3 Theories of the Intellect in al-Andalus: Ibn Bājja and Ibn Rushd

8 Ethics and Political Philosophy

1. Islamic Ethics in Theological Context

1.1 The Muʿtazilites on Moral Values

1.2 The Ashʿarites on Moral Values and Divine Command Theory

2. Philosophical Ethics and Human Happiness

2.1 al-Kindī's and Abū Bakr al-Razī's Ethics

2.2 Miskawayh and Islamic Ethics: The Refinement of Character

2.3 al-Fārābī on the Nicomachean Ethics: Directing Attention to the Way to Happiness

2.4 Ibn Sīnā on Ethics and Prophetic Law

2.5 Ibn Rushd on the Virtues and the Connection Between Ethics and Politics

3. Political Philosophy

3.1 al-Fārābī on the Different Kinds of Associations

3.2 al-Fārābī on Political Happiness.

3.3 An Alternative Way to Happiness: Isolation in Ibn Bājja and Ibn Ṭufayl

3.4 Ibn Rushd on the Ideal City and the Reality of Political Regimes

4. Politics and Religion

4.1 al-Fārābī on the Virtuous Ruler and the Virtuous Religion

4.2 Philosophical Theories of Prophecy: al-Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā, and Ibn Rushd

4.3 al-Fārābī and Ibn Rushd on Jihād

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Works

Index of Subject.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-38927-4

1-315-38928-2

1-315-38926-6

9781315389288

OCLC:

1260345565