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Philosophy in the Islamic World

Philosophy in the Islamic World

Peter Adamson
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The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by providing full coverage of Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslims, and by taking the story of philosophy from its beginnings in the world of early Islam all the way through to the twentieth century. Major figures like Avicenna, Averroes, and Maimonides are covered in great detail, but the book also looks at less familiar thinkers, including women philosophers. Attention is also given to the philosophical relevance of Islamic theology (kalam) and mysticism—the Sufi tradition within Islam, and Kabbalah among Jews—and to science, with chapters on disciplines like optics and astronomy. The book is divided into three sections, with the first looking at the first blossoming of Islamic theology and responses to...

Year:
2016
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0198779445
ISBN 13:
9780198779445
File:
EPUB, 1.54 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2016
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