Before And After Avicenna: Proceedings Of The First Conference Of The Avicenna Study Group

This volume contains the proceedings of the first meeting of the Avicenna Study Group. Each of the papers presents the most recent research conclusions in its respective topic.
These conclusions include new insights into Avicennas revision of Aristotle and Plotinus, specific areas of his theories of psychology and metaphysics, his intellectual interaction with the theologians of his period, the historical and social context in which Avicenna worked, the reception of his thought among Syriac-writing authors, among later Ishraqi philosophers, and in Shiite peripatetic philosophy. These insights range from new interpretations of his extant corpus, to compelling theories on the factors contributing to his philosophical innovations. In many cases, these papers present hitherto unexamined textual evidence that will contribute greatly to a new methodology in Avicenna studies, and Arabic-Islamic philosophy in general

About The Author:

David C. Reisman, Ph.D. (2001) in Arabic-Islamic Studies, Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic-Islamic Thought at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of The Making of the Avicennan Tradition (Brill, 2002).

Table Of Contents:

Introduction1Avicennas Treatment of Aristotelian Modals: A Study based on Conversion Rules and the Barbara Problematic32Some Texts of Aristotles Metaphysics in the Ilahiyat of Avicennas Kitab as-Sifa253Towards a History of Avicennas Distinction between Immanent and Transcendent Causes494Intellect versus Active Intellect: Plotinus and Avicenna695Stealing Avicennas Books: A Study of the Historical Sources for the Life and Time of Avicenna916Rocks in the Heavens?! The Encounter between Abd al-Gabbar and Ibn Sina1277Medical Theory and Scientific Method in the Age of Avicenna1458Bodies, Souls and Resurrection in Avicennas ar-Risala al-Adhawiya fi amr al-maad1639Bahmanyar ibn Marzuban: A Faithful Disciple of Ibn Sina?17710Fahr ad-Din ar-Razis Critique of Ibn Sinas Argument for the Unity of God in the Isarat, and Nasir ad-Din at-Tusis Defence19911The Twelver-Sii Reception of Avicenna in the Mongol Period21912Process Metaphysics in Islam? Avicenna and Mulla Sadra on Intensification in Being23313The Reception of Ibn Sina in Syriac: The Case of Gregory Barhebraeus249Note on the Contributors283Index of Names and Places287Index of Avicennas Works297Index of Arabic Words299

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