Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Intellect: Their Cosmologies, Theories of the Active Intellect, and Theories of Human Intellect

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-19-507423-9
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 739 g

The distinction between the potential intellect and the active intellect was first drawn by Aristotle. Medieval Islamic, Jewish, Christian philosophers, and European philosophers in the sixteenth century considered it a possible key to deciphering the nature of man and the universe. In this book, Herbert Davidson examines the treatment of intellect in Alfarabi (d. 950), Avicenna (980-1037) and Averroes (1126-1198), with particular attention to the way in which they
addressed the tangle of issues that grew up around the active intellect.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Herbert A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie