Islam, Causality, and Freedom

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-108-79197-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

In this volume, Ozgur Koca offers a comprehensive survey of Islamic accounts of causality and freedom from the medieval to the modern era, as well as contemporary relevance. His book is an invitation for Muslims and non-Muslims to explore a rich, but largely forgotten, aspect of Islamic intellectual history. Here, he examines how key Muslim thinkers, such as Ibn Sina, Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Ibn Arabi, Suhrawardi, Jurjani, Mulla Sadra and Nursi, among others, conceptualized freedom in the created order as an extension of their perception of causality. Based on this examination, Koca identifies and explores some of the major currents in the debate on causality and freedom. He also discusses the possible implications of Muslim perspectives on causality for contemporary debates over religion and science.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koca, Özgür

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Causality in the early period: Mu'tazilites and the birth of Ash'arite occasionalism; 2. Towards a synthesis of Aristotelian and Neo-Platonic understandings of causality: the case of Ibn Sina; 3. Occasionalism in the middle period: the cases of Ghazali and Razi; 4. The first as pure act and causality: the case of Ibn Rushd; 5. Light, existence, and causality: the Illimunationist School and the case of Suhrawardi; 6. The world as a theophany and causality: Sufi metaphysics and the case of Ibn 'Arabi; 7. Continuities and developments in Sufi metaphysics: the cases of Qunawi and Qaysari; 8. Towards an occasionalist philosophy of science: the case of Jurjani; 9. Causality and freedom in later Islamic philosophy: the case of Mulla Sadra; 10. Occasionalism in the modern context: the case of Said Nursi; 11. A discussion on Islamic theories of causality in the modern context.

Über Autor(innen)

Koca, Özgür
Ozgur Koca is an assistant professor of Islamic Studies and Philosophy at Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School. His research focus is on Islamic Philosophy-Theology, Sufism, and Science and Religion Discussion.