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.