The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics

The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics
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Publisher : Saqi Books
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105111819616
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Synopsis The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics by : Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʼī

This is a new approach to the teaching of Islamic philosophy that provides a useful overview of 20th century philosophy in Iran.

The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics

The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics
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Publisher : ICAS Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781907905384
ISBN-13 : 1907905383
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Synopsis The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics by : Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i

The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics, an English translation of Sayyid Tabataba’i’s Bidayat al-Hikmah, is a succinct manual that represents a new approach to the teaching of Islamic philosophy. It provides a useful overview of twentieth-century philosophy in Iran, and traces the development of philosophical thought in the context of a religious tradition whose intellectual character was determined to a large extent by the contents of the Qur’anic revelation and the prophetic teachings. At the same time, it demonstrates how philosophical thought is by nature independent of religious doctrine and differs from theology, which depends on revelation and tradition. The translation is accompanied by a glossary of philosophical terms and explanatory notes. This second edition has been carefully revised for clarity. The terminology has been updated and new annotations have been added.

Natural Categories and Human Kinds

Natural Categories and Human Kinds
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9781107244597
ISBN-13 : 1107244595
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Synopsis Natural Categories and Human Kinds by : Muhammad Ali Khalidi

The notion of 'natural kinds' has been central to contemporary discussions of metaphysics and philosophy of science. Although explicitly articulated by nineteenth-century philosophers like Mill, Whewell and Venn, it has a much older history dating back to Plato and Aristotle. In recent years, essentialism has been the dominant account of natural kinds among philosophers, but the essentialist view has encountered resistance, especially among naturalist metaphysicians and philosophers of science. Informed by detailed examination of classification in the natural and social sciences, this book argues against essentialism and for a naturalist account of natural kinds. By looking at case studies drawn from diverse scientific disciplines, from fluid mechanics to virology and polymer science to psychiatry, the author argues that natural kinds are nodes in causal networks. On the basis of this account, he maintains that there can be natural kinds in the social sciences as well as the natural sciences.

Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics

Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9789004343115
ISBN-13 : 9004343113
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Synopsis Universal Science: An Introduction to Islamic Metaphysics by : Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī

The Universal Science (ʿIlm-i kullī) by Mahdī Ḥāʾirī Yazdī, is a concise, but authoritative, outline of the fundamental discussions in Islamic metaphysics. For many years used as a textbook in Iran, this short text offers English readers a readily accessible, lucid, and yet deeply learned, guide through the Sadrian, Avicennan, and Illuminationist schools of thought, whilst also demonstrating how the ‘living tradition’ of Shīʿī philosophy engages with central ontological, epistemological, aetiological, and psychological questions. Discussions include the primacy of existence; the proper classifications of quiddity; and the manifold properties of causality and causal explanation. This is the first of the various influential works authored by this leading Shīʿah intellectual to have been translated into English from the original Persian.

Prolegomena To The Metaphysics Of Islam

Prolegomena To The Metaphysics Of Islam
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Publisher : Penerbit UTM Press
Total Pages : 4
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ISBN-10 : 9789835209260
ISBN-13 : 983520926X
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Synopsis Prolegomena To The Metaphysics Of Islam by : Syed Muhammad Naquib al–Attas

This book defines, perhaps for the first time in the history of the intellectual and religious tradition of Islam, the meaning of worldview from the perspective of Islam. The definition is articulated in the gathering together of the fundamental elements in the vision of reality and truth that projects the worldview of Islam into a meaningful whole. This articulation of the definition involves also explanation and contradiction of the challenges to that vision encountered throughout the ages to the present time.

A History of Islamic Philosophy

A History of Islamic Philosophy
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 0231132204
ISBN-13 : 9780231132206
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Synopsis A History of Islamic Philosophy by : Majid Fakhry

The first comprehensive survey of Islamic philosophy from the seventh century to the present, this classic discusses Islamic thought and its effect on the cultural aspects of Muslim life. Fakhry shows how Islamic philosophy has followed from the earliest times a distinctive line of development, which gives it the unity and continuity that are the marks of the great intellectual movements of history.

History Of Islamic Philosophy

History Of Islamic Philosophy
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9781135198893
ISBN-13 : 1135198896
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Synopsis History Of Islamic Philosophy by : Henry Corbin

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition

Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781107101739
ISBN-13 : 1107101735
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Synopsis Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition by : Ahmed Alwishah

Examines Aristotle's vast influence upon the medieval Arabic philosophical tradition and includes contributions from every discipline within his corpus.

The Act of Being

The Act of Being
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015066827323
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Synopsis The Act of Being by : Christian Jambet

Exploring the thought of Mulla Sadra Shirazi, an Iranian Shi'ite of the seventeenth century: a universe of politics, morality, liberty, and order that is indispensable to our understanding of Islamic thought and spirituality.

الشفاء: الالهيات

الشفاء: الالهيات
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Publisher : FARMS
Total Pages : 932
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105114123602
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Synopsis الشفاء: الالهيات by : Avicenna

Within this emanative scheme we encounter some of the basic ideas of Avicenna's religious and political philosophy, including his discussion of the divine attributes, divine providence, the Hereafter, and the ideal, "virtuous" city with its philosopher-prophet as the recipient and conveyer of the revealed law, a human link between the celestial and the terrestrial worlds."--BOOK JACKET.