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Author:   Daniel D. De Haan
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9789004430372

ISBN 10:   9004430377
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   13 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Primary Sources and Translations Works of Avicenna Other Primary Works Introduction: Avicenna'sMetaphysics of the Healing The Problematic An Outline of the Contents Summary Part 1: The Logical Context of the Metaphysics of the Healing 1Logic, Knowledge, and Questions 1.1Avicenna's Logic in Context 1.2Knowledge by Conceptualization and Assent 1.3The Heuristic Order of Questions Concluding Remarks 2Conceptualization, Assent, and Scientific Knowledge 2.1Primary and Acquired Knowledge by Conceptualization 2.2Primary and Acquired Knowledge by Assent 2.3Logic, Knowledge, and Demonstrative Science Concluding Remarks Part 2: Scientific Order of the Metaphysics of the Healing 3Subject & Goal of the Science of Metaphysics 3.1Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing in Context 3.2The Subject & Goal of a Scientific Metaphysics 3.3The Objects of Enquiry of a Scientific Metaphysics Concluding Remarks 4The Scientific First Principles of the Science of Metaphysics 4.1Scientific First Principles and Interpretations ofssIlahiyyatsssI.5-8 4.2Conceptualization, Assent, and the Textual Division ofIlahiyyatI.5-8 4.3The Goal ofIlahiyyatI.5-8 Concluding Remarks Part 3: Scientific Principles and the Senses of Being 5The Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles of Metaphysics: A Formal Approach 5.1The Four Senses of Being in Aristotle, al-Farabi, & Avicenna 5.2Avicenna's Integration of the Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles Concluding Remarks 6The Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles of Metaphysics: A Material Approach to the Principles of Conceptualization 6.1Primary Notions 6.2A Comparison of the Primary Notions Concluding Remarks 7The Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles of Metaphysics: A Material Approach to the Principles of Assent 7.1Primary Hypotheses 7.2Primary Axioms Concluding Remarks 8Beingper se & Beingper accidens: On the Analogy & Accidentality of Existence 8.1Beingper se & the Analogy of Existence 8.2Beingper accidens & the Accidentality of Existence Concluding Remarkss Part 4: Basic & Fundamental Principles in the 9The Basic Primary Notions in Avicenna's Metaphysics 9.1The Primary Notions as Prior to their Opposites 9.2Primary Notions: Subordination by Intensional Priority 9.3The Intensional Subordination of One(wa?id) 9.4The Intensional Subordination of Thing(say?)to Being(mawjud) Concluding Remarks 10The Fundamental Primary Notion in Avicenna's Metaphysics 10.1The Necessary as the Fundamental Primary Notion in Ontology 10.2The Necessary as the Fundamental Primary Notion in Aitiology 10.3The Necessary as the Fundamental Primary Notion in Theology Concluding Remarks Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources and Translations Secondary Sources Index

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'Avicenna scholars know well that Avicenna (980-1037) aspired to present his metaphysics in the form of an Aristotelian science. The melange of topics that make up Avicenna's Metaphysics often appears disjointed and rambling, making it difficult to see how successful he was in this aspiration. Daniel D. De Haan's book provides an aerial view of Avicenna's Metaphysics, which argues that Avicenna succeeded. More specifically, De Haan suggests how Avicenna's conception of the necessary links the general subject of metaphysics (namely, being qua being) to its ultimate goal (namely, a scientific study of God). In this respect, De Haan's work is less of a commentary on Avicenna's Metaphysics than a metacommentary [...] De Haan's study overall is rich and rewarding for anyone who intends to take a deep dive into Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing.' Jon McGinnis, in Journal of the History of Philosophy 60 (2021).

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Daniel D. De Haan, Ph.D. (2015) University of St Thomas and KU Leuven, is a Research Fellow at Oxford University. He has published in The Journal of the History of Philosophy, Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, The Thomist, Quaestio, Documenti e studi.

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