Interpreting Avicenna : critical essays /
edited by Peter Adamson.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The life and times of Avicenna: patronage and learning in medieval Islam / Avicenna's philosophical project / Avicenna on the syllogism / Avicenna's natural philosophy / Avicenna on medical practice, epistemology, and the physiology of the inner senses / Avicenna's epistemological optimism / Certitude, justification, and the principles of knowledge in Avicenna's epistemology / Avicenna's metaphysics / From the necessary existent to God / Avicenna's Islamic reception / The reception of Avicenna in Jewish cultures, East and West / Avicenna's Christian reception in Latin medieval culture / David C. Reisman -- Dimitri Gutas -- Tony Street -- Jon McGinnis -- Peter E. Pormann -- Dag Nikolaus Hasse -- Deborah L. Black -- Stephen Menn -- Peter Adamson -- Robert Wisnovsky -- Gad Freudenthal and Mauro Zonta -- Amos Bertolacci.
"Avicenna is the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. His immense impact on Christian and Jewish medieval thought, as well as on the subsequent Islamic tradition, is charted in this volume alongside studies which provide a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of his philosophy. Contributions from leading scholars address a wide range of topics including Avicenna's life and works, conception of philosophy, and achievement in logic and medicine. His ideas in the main areas of philosophy, such as epistemology, philosophy of religion, and physics, are also analyzed. While serving as a general introduction to Avicenna's thought, this collection of critical essays also represents the cutting edge of scholarship on this most influential philosopher of the medieval era"--