Doubts on Avicenna

A Study and Edition of Sharaf Al-Dīn Al-Masʿūdī's Commentary on the Ishārāt
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30252-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 95, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

In Doubts on Avicenna, Ayman Shihadeh brings to light an important new source, which marks a key moment of transition in twelfth-century Arabic philosophy. Sharaf al-Din al-Mas'udi’s al-Mabahith wa-l-Shukuk 'ala l-Isharat (Investigations and Objections on the Pointers) offers major insight into the dialectic between the two traditions of Avicennan philosophy and rational theology, particularly Ash'arism, which by the end of the century culminates in the systematic philosophical theology of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi. Inaugurating the long and distinguished commentarial tradition on Avicenna’s Isharat (Pointers), al-Mas'udi’s Shukuk uniquely consists of aporias on selected passages, as opposed to exegesis. This monograph provides an overview and the first critical edition of the text, and in-depth case studies of metaphysical aporias and their Avicennan background.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shihadeh, Ayman

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Ayman Shihadeh, DPhil, Oxford, is based at SOAS, University of London. He has published widely on the history of medieval Arabic philosophy and rational Islamic theology, and is the Section Editor for Philosophy and Theology at the Encyclopaedia of Islam (BRILL).