An Introduction to Islamic Philosophy / / Massimo Campanini, Caroline Higgitt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Campanini, Massimo,; Higgitt, Caroline,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

This broad and comprehensive introduction presents a reading of Islamic philosophy as it evolved in the Middle Ages, investigating how Islamic philosophers thought and what they thought about.Divided into two parts, the first explores the epistemological foundations of Islamic philosophy and discusses the most important and penetrating interpretative paradigms proposed by the philosophers; the second part describes some of their major themes. Each chapter is organised chronologically and geographically, providing the reader with a lucid profile of the evolution of Islamic philosophical thought, with reference to the broader framework of Islamic history. Throughout the author includes extracts of translations from primary sources, allowing the philosophers to speak for themselves.Rather than offering a complete history of the subject, the author aims to stimulate the reader to pursue the themes he outlines in the book: the ideas that were consistently the object of philosophical speculation among Medieval Muslim thinkers whose philosophy was rooted in Platonic and Aristotelian thought.Key FeaturesPresents a thorough but concise introduction to the foundations of Islamic philosophyIdeal for students wishing to trace the background to the many ideas and thought processes governing contemporary Islamic thought

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Translation -- Part One. Finding a Paradigm -- Chapter 1 History -- Chapter 2 What is Medieval Islamic Philosophy? -- Chapter 3 Ways of Philosophising -- Part Two. Thought and Action: Some Major Themes in Islamic Philosophy -- Chapter 4 Tawhīd, Pillar of Islamic Thought -- Chapter 5 The Structure of the Cosmos -- Chapter 6 The Human Intellect -- Chapter 7 Necessity or Freedom in Divine Action -- Chapter 8 Ethics and Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Bibliography of English-language Versions -- Index