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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808215203321

Autore

Belo Catarina C. M. de M (Catarina Carrico Marques de Moura), <1974->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-91715-X

9786611917159

90-474-1915-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

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

Classificazione

08.10

Disciplina

123.092/2

Soggetti

Free will and determinism - Religious aspects - Islam

Islamic philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.