Suhrawardī’s illuminationism : : a philosophical study / / Jari Kaukua.

• Superior document: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 118
• VerfasserIn: Kaukua, Jari,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 118.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Notes: In Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism, Jari Kaukua offers a new interpretation of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī’s (d. 1191 CE) illuminationist (ishrāqī) philosophy. Commonly portrayed as a mystic, Suhrawardī appears here as a critical and systematic philosopher.

In Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism, Jari Kaukua offers a new interpretation of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī’s (d. 1191 CE) illuminationist ( ishrāqī ) philosophy. Commonly portrayed as a philosophically inclined mystic, Suhrawardī appears here as a perspicacious critic of Avicenna who developed h...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Real Definition
• 1 Real Definition in Avicenna
• 2 Suhrawardī’s Critique
• 2 Modal Logic
• 1 Three Reductions: Quantification, Quality, Mode
• 2 Avicenna’s Modal Syllogistic
• 3 Suhrawardī’s Simplified Model
• 3 Iʿtibārāt
• 1 From Essence and Existence to the iʿtibārāt
• 2 The iʿtibārāt and Infinite Regress
• 3 In Defence of the iʿtibārāt
• 4 The Question of Truth
• 4 Bundles, Forms, and Perception
• 1 From Hylomorphism to Bundle Theory
• 2 Anticipation of Forms
• 3 Theory of Perception
• 5 Light and Appearing
• 1 The Axiomatic Foundation: Light, Darkness, and the Barrier in between
• 2 The Historical Background
• 6 Light Monism
• 1 Degrees of Light
• 2 One Light of Lights
• 3 From the One to Many: Primary Emanation
• 4 Propitious Light: Secondary Emanation
• 7 Forms
• 1 Arguments for the Forms
• 2 Suhrawardī’s Theory of Forms
• 3 Forms as Universal Causes
• 8 Corporeal Individuals
• 1 Individuals as Bundles
• 2 Three Objections
• 3 The Question of Individuation
• 9 Knowledge and Science
• 1 Iʿtibārī Concepts and Human Knowledge
• 2 Illuminationist Theory of Science
• Conclusion: Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism
• Bibliography
• Index.