An international conference to be held at the Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London
February 14 (Thursday)-16 (Saturday), 2008
In the Age of
Averroes
Arabic Thought at the End of the Classical Period
An international conference to be held at the
Warburg Institute,
Woburn Square, London
February 14 (Thursday)-16 (Saturday), 2008
Organized by Dr Peter Adamson (King's
College London)
Please contact peter.adamson@kcl.ac.uk
Funding generously provided by the Leverhulme Trust
Please note: Program subject to change
Thursday, February 14
Morning session: Chaired by Hans Daiber
10:00-10:30
Registration and welcome
10:30-11:30
Keynote Speaker: Dimitri Gutas: Philosophy in the
age of Averroes: a view from Baghdad
11:30-12:00 - Coffee break
12:00-1:00
Peter Joosse : 'Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi as a philosopher
and a physician: myth or
reality, topos or truth?
Afternoon session: Chaired by
Maroun Aouad
2:30-3:15
Deborah Black: Spirituality and Intentionality in Sense
Perception: Averroes and his Sources
3:15-4:00
Matteo di Giovanni: Substantial form in Averroes' Long
Commentary on the Metaphysics
4:00-4:30 - Tea break
4:30-5:15
Richard Taylor: Philosopher as kafir (Unbeliever):
Averroes' response to the charges of al-Ghazali
Friday, February 15
Morning Session: Chaired by Steven Harvey
10:15-11:00
Taneli Kukkonen: Spirit, form, substance: the psychology
of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
11:00-11:30 - Coffee break
11:30-12:15
Resianne Fontaine: Abraham ibn Daud's cosmology and his
use of sources
12:15-1:00
Tamar Rudavsky: Astrology and human freedom in 12th
Century Jewish Philosophy: The case of Ibn Ezra and Halevi
Afternoon Session: Chaired by Amos Bertolacci
2:30-3:15
Frank Griffel: Al-Ghazali's students and immediate
followers: a portrait of the intellectual climate in Iraq and Iran during the
early 12th century
3:15-4:00
Ayman Shihadeh: A new find from early 12th century
Ash'arism: the Nihayat al-maram of Diya' al-Din al-Makki (aka al-Razi)
4:00-4:30 - Tea break
4:30-5:15
Gregor Schwarb: Qadi Shams al-Din Ja'far b. Ahmad al-Buhluli
(d. 573/1177-8) and his Kitab Mishkat al misbah fi hayat al-arwah
Saturday, February 16
Morning Session: Chaired by Charles Burnett
10:15-11:00
Anna Akasoy: What is philosophical Sufism?
11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30-12:15
Heidrun Eichner: 'Only God knows particulars in a
particular way': al-Abhari on Avicenna's epistemology
12:15-1:00
Tony Street: What drove logical studies in the age of
Averroes?
Afternoon Session: Chaired by Dag Nikolaus Hasse
2:30-3:15
Jari Kaukua: Suhrawardi on self-awareness
3:15-4:00
Sabine Schmitdke: The first generation of Suhrawardi's
commentators: Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammuna and Shams al-Din al-Shahrazuri
4:00-4:30 - Tea break
4:30-5:15
Yahya Michot: Ibn Taymiyya on Ibn Rushd