Avicenna's Theory of Science: Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology (Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship #4)

By: Riccardo Strobino

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Synopsis: Avicenna is the most influential figure in the intellectual history of the Islamic world. This book is the first comprehensive study of his theory of science, which profoundly shaped his philosophical method and indirectly influenced philosophers and theologians not only in the Islamic world but also throughout Christian Europe and the medieval Jewish tradition. A sophisticated interpreter of Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics, Avicenna took on the ambitious task of reorganizing Aristotelian philosophy of science into an applicable model of scientific reasoning, striving to identify conditions of certainty for scientific assertions and conditions of adequacy for real definitions. Riccardo Strobino combines philosophical and textual analysis to explore the scope and nature of Avicenna’s contributions to the logic of scientific reasoning in his effort to recalibrate Aristotle’s model and overcome some of its internal limitations. Focusing on a broad array of philosophical innovations at the intersection of logic, metaphysics, and epistemology, this book casts light on an essential aspect of the thought of the preeminent philosopher and physician of the Islamic world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 456 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780520969810
Related ISBNs:: 9780520297470
Publisher:: University of California Press
Date of Addition:: 11/09/21
Copyrighted By:: Riccardo Strobino
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Foreign Language Study, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.