Women's Contemporary Readings of Medieval (and Modern) Arabic Philosophy

This book explores a large variety of topics involved in Arabic philosophy. It examines concepts and issues relating to logic and mathematics, as well as metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics. These topics are all studied by different Arabic philosophers and scientists from different periods ranging fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chatti, Saloua (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction (Saloua Chatti)
  • Part 1. Logic and Mathematics
  • 2. The Hypothetical Logic in the Arabic Tradition (Saloua Chatti)
  • 3. Mullā Sadrā Shīrāzī and the Meta-Theory of Logic (Sayeh Meisami)
  • 4. Algorithms in Takmilat al-‛Uyūn of al-Iṣfahāni: Sources and Validation (Nacéra Bensaou)
  • Part 2. Metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics
  • 5. Some Observations on Prudence (gr. Φρόνησις, ar. ta‘aqqul) in Book VI of Averroes’ Middle Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics (Frédérique Woerther)
  • 6. Ethics and Aesthetics: Theorizing Simile in Ibn Sīnā’s Risālat al-ṭayr and Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (Nora Jacobsen Ben Hammed)
  • 7. Toward another Understanding of the Notion of fiṭra in the Avicennian Ontology of the Rational Soul (Meryem Sebti)
  • 8. Primacy of Existence vs Primacy of Quiddity : What is the Debate about? (Mansooreh Khalilizand)
  • 9. “Superstition” or “Crown of Science”? Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Yusuf Karam, and Yumna Tarief El-Kholy on metaphysics (Kata Moser)