Suhrawardī's Illuminationism

A Philosophical Study
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51409-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 118, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

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

In Suhrawardi’s Illuminationism, Jari Kaukua offers a new interpretation of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi’s (d. 1191 CE) illuminationist (ishraqi) philosophy. Commonly portrayed as a philosophically inclined mystic, Suhrawardi appears here as a perspicacious critic of Avicenna who developed his critique into an alternative philosophical system.

Focusing on metaphysics and theory of science, Kaukua argues that Suhrawardi’s illuminationist philosophy combines rigorous metaphysical monism with a modest but positive assessment of scientific explanation. This philosophical core of Suhrawardi’s illuminationism is reconcilable with but independent of the mystical side of the shaykh al-ishraq.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaukua, Jari

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Real Definition

1 Real Definition in Avicenna

2 Suhrawardi’s Critique

2 Modal Logic

1 Three Reductions: Quantification, Quality, Mode

2 Avicenna’s Modal Syllogistic

3 Suhrawardi’s Simplified Model

3 I?tibarat

1 From Essence and Existence to the i?tibarat

2 The i?tibarat and Infinite Regress

3 In Defence of the i?tibarat

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 Suhrawardi’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 I?tibari Concepts and Human Knowledge

2 Illuminationist Theory of Science

Conclusion: Suhrawardi’s Illuminationism

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jari Kaukua, DSocSci (2007), is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy (CUP, 2015) and many articles on classical and post-classical Islamic philosophy.