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Islam, causality, and freedom : from the medieval to the modern era / Ozgur Koca.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.Description: xi, 287 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781108496346
- 122.088297 KOC
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Summary: In this volume, Ozgur Koca provides a thorough survey of Islamic perspectives on causality and freedom, spanning from the medieval to the modern era, with attention to their contemporary relevance. His book invites both Muslims and non-Muslims to explore a rich, yet largely overlooked, aspect of Islamic intellectual history. Koca examines how prominent Muslim thinkers, such as Ibn Sina, Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Ibn Arabi, Suhrawardi, Jurjani, Mulla Sadra, and Nursi, among others, conceptualized freedom within the created order as an extension of their understanding of causality.
1. Causality in the Early Period: Muʻazilites and the Birth of Ashʻarite Occasionalism
2. Towards a Synthesis of Aristotelian and Neo-Platonic Understandings of Causality: The Case of Ibn Sīnā
3. Occasionalism in the Middle Period: The Cases of Ghazālī and Rāzī
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 Suhrawardī
6. The World as a Theophany and Causality: Sufi Metaphysics and the Case of Ibn ʻArabī
7. Continuities and Developments in Sufi Metaphysics: The Cases of Qūnawī and Qayṣarī
8. Towards an Occasionalist Philosophy of Science: The Case of Jurjānī
9. Causality and Freedom in Later Islamic Philosophy: The Case of Mullā Ṣadrā
10. Occasionalism in the Modern Context: The Case of Said Nursi
11. A Discussion on Islamic Theories of Causality in the Modern Context
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 122.088297 KOC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 327233 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Causality in the Early Period: Muʻazilites and the Birth of Ashʻarite Occasionalism
2. Towards a Synthesis of Aristotelian and Neo-Platonic Understandings of Causality: The Case of Ibn Sīnā
3. Occasionalism in the Middle Period: The Cases of Ghazālī and Rāzī
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 Suhrawardī
6. The World as a Theophany and Causality: Sufi Metaphysics and the Case of Ibn ʻArabī
7. Continuities and Developments in Sufi Metaphysics: The Cases of Qūnawī and Qayṣarī
8. Towards an Occasionalist Philosophy of Science: The Case of Jurjānī
9. Causality and Freedom in Later Islamic Philosophy: The Case of Mullā Ṣadrā
10. Occasionalism in the Modern Context: The Case of Said Nursi
11. A Discussion on Islamic Theories of Causality in the Modern Context
In this volume, Ozgur Koca provides a thorough survey of Islamic perspectives on causality and freedom, spanning from the medieval to the modern era, with attention to their contemporary relevance. His book invites both Muslims and non-Muslims to explore a rich, yet largely overlooked, aspect of Islamic intellectual history. Koca examines how prominent Muslim thinkers, such as Ibn Sina, Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Ibn Arabi, Suhrawardi, Jurjani, Mulla Sadra, and Nursi, among others, conceptualized freedom within the created order as an extension of their understanding of causality.