Doubts on Avicenna : : a study and edition of Sharaf al-Din al-Ma'sudi's commentary on the Isharat / / Ayman Shihadeh.

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-Dīn al-Masʿūdī’s al-Mabāḥith wa-l-Shukūk ʿalā l-Ishārāt ( Investigations and Objections on the Pointers ) offers major insight into t...

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Superior document:Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, Volume 95
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2015
2016
Language:English
Series:Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; 95.
Physical Description:1 online resource (297 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Al-Masʿūdī’s Life and Career, in Context
  • The Shukūk: Aporetic Commentary
  • Efficient Causation and Continued Existence: Problem 9
  • The Ontology of Possibility: Problems 10 and 14
  • Avicenna’s Proof of the Existence of God: Problem 7
  • Matter and Form: Problem 1
  • The Manuscripts and Critical Edition
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Individuals, Groups and Places
  • Index of Subjects
  • Critical Edition: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Masʿūdī, al-Mabāḥith wa-l-Shukūk ʿalā l-Ishārāt.