ISBN:
9780804794619
,
9781503600577
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 260 Seiten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Cultural memory in the present
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Nusseibeh, Sari, author Story of reason in Islam
DDC:
297.209
Keywords:
Faith and reason Islam
;
History
;
Islamic philosophy History
;
Islamische Philosophie
;
Vernunft
Abstract:
Introduction -- The Arabian desert -- The daunting idea of God -- Free will and determinism -- The Qur'an : created or eternal? -- From Wasil to Ibn Hanbal -- Early Islam : literacy, conflict, and expansion -- Speculative discourse : a style -- Discourse : in pursuit of the ultimate answers -- Law and morality -- Al-Ma'mun and the devils' banquets -- The language-logic debate -- Back to the human will, and language -- Expanding the view -- An interlude : caliph, imam and philosopher-king -- Philosophy and politics -- The philosophers' "frenzy" -- Back to wine and logic -- Motion and light -- The nature of truth -- Fardajan and beyond -- The cosmos -- Cosmic lights -- Fast forward -- Language and reason : the dilemma
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
