Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes /
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 matte...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
Series:
Islamic philosophy, theology and science,
v. 69
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies
69.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223028.
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Call Number: B751.Z7 B45 2007
- Preliminary Material /
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- Introduction /
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- Chapter One. Avicenna On Chance /
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- Chapter Two. Avicenna On Matter /
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- Chapter Three. Avicenna On Celestial Causation And Providence /
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- Chapter Four. Averroes On Chance /
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- Chapter Five. Averroes On Matter And Necessity /
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- Chapter Six. Averroes On Celestial Causation And Providence /
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- Conclusion /
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- Bibliography /
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- General Index /
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- Index Of Main Passages /
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