Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 475 g
A Turning Point in Medieval Natural Philosophy
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 475 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-956773-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Ruth Glasner presents an illuminating reappraisal of Averroes' physics. Glasner is the first scholar to base her interpretation on the full range of Averroes' writings, including texts that are extant only in Hebrew manuscripts and have not been hitherto studied. She reveals that Averroes changed his interpretation of the basic notions of physics - the structure of corporeal reality and the definition of motion - more than once. After many hesitations he offers a
bold new interpretation of physics which Glasner calls 'Aristotelian atomism'. Ideas that are usually ascribed to scholastic scholars, and others that were traced back to Averroes but only in a very general form, are shown not only to have originated with him, but to have been fully developed by him
into a comprehensive and systematic physical system. Unlike earlier Greek or Muslim atomistic systems, Averroes' Aristotelian atomism endeavours to be fully scientific, by Aristotelian standards, and still to provide a basis for an indeterministic natural philosophy. Commonly known as 'the commentator' and usually considered to be a faithful follower of Aristotle, Averroes is revealed in his commentaries on the Physics to be an original and sophisticated philosopher.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
