1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458613303321

Autore

Davidson Herbert A (Herbert Alan), <1932-2021, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [1992]

ISBN

1-280-52611-4

0-19-536077-X

1-4294-0115-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 pages)

Disciplina

153.9

153.901

Soggetti

Islamic philosophy - Greek influences

Intellect

Philosophy of mind

Islamic cosmology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703519403321

Autore

Davis Tracy A. <active 2013, >

Titolo

Groundwater-quality data in the Santa Cruz, San Gabriel, and Peninsular Ranges Hard Rock Aquifers study unit, 2011-2012 : results from the California GAMA Program / / by Tracy A. Davis and Jennifer L. Shelton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, Va. : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 unnumbered pages) : color maps

Collana

Data series ; ; 874

Soggetti

Groundwater - Quality - California

Aquifers - California

Water quality management - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 17, 2014).

"A product of the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program."

"Prepared in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-30).