Method, Structure, and Development in Al-Fārābī's Cosmology

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-20615-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 85, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

This study—the first monograph devoted exclusively to al-Farabi’s cosmology—provides a new interpretation of this thinker’s philosophical development through an analysis of the Greek and Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time. It discusses key cosmological and metaphysical concepts articulated in his works, with a special focus on celestial causation, intellection, and motion. This book also examines al-Farabi’s cosmological method and particularly the connection between astronomy, physics, and metaphysics. The result is a reassessment of al-Farabi’s cosmology vis-à-vis late-antique Greek philosophical trends and a clearer understanding of how it creatively adapted and transformed this legacy to establish a new cosmological paradigm in Arabic thought.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Arabic thought, especially the philosophy of al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, as well as late-antique Greek and medieval philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Janos, Damien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method
Chapter Two: The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs
Chapter Three: Matter and Creation: a Shift of Paradigms?
Chapter Four: The Aporia of Celestial Motion
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Janos, Damien
Damien Janos, PhD (2009, McGill University), is presently a research fellow working at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. His research focuses on the history of Arabic philosophy, especially cosmology and metaphysics, about which he has written several articles.

Damien Janos, PhD (2009, McGill University), is presently a research fellow working at Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany. His research focuses on the history of Arabic philosophy, especially cosmology and metaphysics, about which he has written several articles.