Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The context -- 2. The configuration of philosophy in the Islamic milieu: the translation movement -- 3. Theologians and philosophers on Islamic revelation -- 4. The classification of the sciences, logic, and language -- 5. Philosophy and the natural science -- 6. Metaphysics in the Islamic philosophical context -- 7. Psychology and theories of cognition -- 8. Ethics and political philosophy.
Summary:
"This thematic introduction to classical Islamic philosophy focuses on the most prevalent philosophical debates of the medieval Islamic world and their importance within the history of philosophy"-- Back cover.
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