Substance and attribute : : Western and Islamic traditions in dialogue / / Christian Kanzian, Muhammad Legenhausen (eds).

• Author: Österreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft.; Legenhausen, Muhammad
• TeilnehmendeR: Kanzian, Christian, 1963-; Legenhausen, M.; Österreichische Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Publications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: Front matter --; Table of Contents --; Preface of the Editors --; Substances, Attributes, and Modes - Substantial Structures in Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz /; Mulla Sadra's Theory of Substantial Motion /; A Report on Graduate Work in Qom on the Problems of Essence/Attribute and Substance/Accident /; Aristotle and Farabi on the Definition and Priority of Substance /; A Formal Analysis of Selected Proofs by Aquinas for the Uniqueness of God /; Reshaping the Concept of Substance: The Renegade Ockham /; Ibn Sina's Arguments Against God's Being a Substance /; Substance, Nature, and Immanence - Form in Aristotle´s Constituent Ontology /; From Aristotle's Ousia to Ibn Sina's Jawhar /; Substance, Causality, and Freedom - An Ontological Revision of the Theory of Agent Causation /; Substantial Motion and Perpetual Creation /; Psychic Substance: A Meeting Point between Metaphysics & Spirituality /; Ibn Sina on Substances and Accidents /; God as Substance without Substance Ontology /; The Editors --; List of Authors --; Backmatter
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 3110328976
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christian Kanzian, Muhammad Legenhausen (eds).

The aim of this volume is to investigate the topic of Substance and Attribute. The way leading to this aim is a dialogue between Islamic and Western Philosophy. Our project is motivated by the observation that the historical roots of Islamic and of Western Philosophy are very similar. Thus some of the articles in this volume are dedicated to the history of philosophy, in Islamic thinking as well as in Western traditions. But the dialogue between Islamic and Western Philosophy is not only an historical issue, it also has systematic relevance for actual philosophical questions.