Avicenna's Al-Shifā': Oriental Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780367591960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 388 str.

Sari Nusseibeh

Opis

This book deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century and who is considered one of the most important philosophers of that period. The book presents the rationalist Avicenna in an entirely new light.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Language and Truth  2. Statements and the Logical System  3. Object and Construct  4. Quantifiers, Operators and Conditionals  5. Metaphysics  Conclusion

O autorze

Sari Nusseibeh teaches philosophy at al-Quds University in Palestine. His most recent publication is The Story of Reason in Islam, Stanford, 2016. Before that his books centered around living as a Palestinian under occupation.