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Author:   Ahmed Alwishah (Pitzer College, Claremont) ,  Josh Hayes (Alvernia University, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781107499225

ISBN 10:   1107499224
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   15 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. 'Ariṣtū ʿinda l-ʿArab', and beyond Christina D'Ancona; 2. The division of the categories according to Avicenna Paul Thom; 3. What if that (is) why?: Avicenna's taxonomy of scientific inquiry Riccardo Strobino; 4. The Rhetoric and Poetics in the Islamic world Uwe Vagelpohl; 5. Al-Fārābī and the Didascalia Frédérique Woerther; 6. Aristotle's 'Physical' works and the Arabic tradition Paul Lettinck; 7. Defining nature: from Aristotle to Philoponus to Avicenna Andreas Lammer; 8. Avicenna on self-cognition and self-awareness Ahmed Alwishah; 9. Averroes on intentionality and the human experience of the natural world Yehuda Halper; 10. Metaphysics in the orbit of Islam Calvin G. Normore; 11. The Arabic reception of the Nicomachean Ethics Josh Hayes; 12. The shining and the hidden: notes on politics and solitude from the 'Greek Prophets' to Al-Fārābī Claudia Baracchi.

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Ahmed Alwishah is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Pitzer College, Claremont. He has translated the Arabic testimonial of Thales jointly with Richard McKirahan in Thales (2014). Josh Hayes is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Alvernia University, Pennsylvania. His research focuses upon Aristotle and the history of Aristotelian commentary.

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