Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays
Peter Adamson
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Paperback. This volume examines many aspects of the philosophy of Avicenna, the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. Editor(s): Adamson, Peter. Num Pages: 314 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPDC; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 42.
Avicenna is the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. His immense impact on Christian and Jewish medieval thought, as well as on the subsequent Islamic tradition, is charted in this volume alongside studies which provide a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of his philosophy. Contributions from leading scholars address a wide range of topics including Avicenna's life and works, conception of philosophy and achievement in logic and medicine. His ideas in the main areas of philosophy, such as epistemology, philosophy of religion and physics, are also analyzed. While serving as a general introduction to Avicenna's thought, this collection of critical ... Read more
Avicenna is the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. His immense impact on Christian and Jewish medieval thought, as well as on the subsequent Islamic tradition, is charted in this volume alongside studies which provide a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of his philosophy. Contributions from leading scholars address a wide range of topics including Avicenna's life and works, conception of philosophy and achievement in logic and medicine. His ideas in the main areas of philosophy, such as epistemology, philosophy of religion and physics, are also analyzed. While serving as a general introduction to Avicenna's thought, this collection of critical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
458 g
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316505359
SKU
V9781316505359
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About Peter Adamson
Peter Adamson is Professor of Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, and at King's College London. He is author of The Arabic Plotinus: a Philosophical Study of the So-Called 'Theology of Aristotle' (2002) and Al-Kindî (2006), and co-editor, with Richard C. Taylor, of The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy (Cambridge, 2004). He has edited numerous collected volumes on philosophy in the Islamic ... Read more
Reviews for Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays
'… this volume stands out as a well-structured and comprehensive handbook on Avicenna … a remarkable achievement … each and every essay is an outstanding piece of scholarship, which offers a state-of-the-art presentation of its subject as well as break[ing] new ground and advanc[ing] our knowledge of Avicenna's life, thought, and legacy … the volume is unquestionably a treasure trove ... Read more