Islamic

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Edward Craig,

Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK

 

Islamic Philosophy

Subject Editor

Oliver Leaman,

Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Oliver Leaman is the REP Subject Editor for Arabic and Islamic Philosophy. He is Reader in Philosophy at Liverpool John Moores University and his publications include Averroes and his Philosophy (OUP) and Moses Maimonides (Routledge). He is co-editor with S.H. Nasr of the forthcoming History of Islamic Philosophy and with D. Frank of the forthcoming History of Jewish Philosophy (both Routledge).

Islamic Philosophy

Much of the work which has taken place on Islamic philosophy until quite recently was based upon the idea that it more-or-less came to an end with the death of Averroes (ibn Rushd) in the twelfth century AD, and is interesting chiefly because of its effect upon the development of philosophy and science in medieval Christian Europe. This rather orientalist account of Islamic philosophy is challenged in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Islamic philosophy is treated as an important and living tradition of philosophy. It represents today, as in the past, the philosophical thought of the Islamic community. Although it is true that much of that thought has had an important impact upon intellectual developments outside the Islamic world, it would be wrong to see that as the main contribution of Islamic philosophy.

Muslims quite naturally seek to understand the nature of reality using the formal procedures of philosophy, and they often wish to see how they can encapsulate that reality using both philosophy and the various bases of religious authority in Islam.

As one would expect, there is not just one school of thought here, but a very diverse community of thinkers who vary both in their particular Islamic background and in their adherence to particular philosophical approaches. In devoting 56 entries to representing the variety of Islamic philosophy, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy acknowledges its significance. Muslims will find that a wide range of their coreligionists’ thought is described and discussed here, and they will see the important role that Islamic philosophy has in the development of world philosophy.

The entries on Islamic philosophy look at the work of individual thinkers and also at topics which relate to law, politics and cultural life in general, so that we find here a treatment of Islamic philosophy in its widest perspective, as both a cause and effect of the life of Islam itself.

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Article Title Author Vol:Pages
‘Abduh, Muhammad Neal Robinson 1: 6 - 8
Aesthetics in Islamic Philosophy Deborah L. Black 1: 75 - 79
al-Afghani, Jamal al-Din Elsayed Omran 1: 94 - 95
al-`Amiri, Abu’l Hasan Mhd. i. Yusuf Tom Gaskill 1: 207 - 208
Aristotelianism in Islamic Philosophy Kiki Kennedy Day 1: 382 - 386
Ashariyya and Mutazila Neal Robinson 1: 519 - 523
Causality and Necessity in Islamic Thought David Burrell 2: 241 - 244
al-Dawani, Jalal al-Din John Cooper 2: 806 - 807
Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy Shams C. Inati 3: 384 - 388
Ethics in Islamic Philosophy Majid Fakhry 3: 438 - 442
al-Farabi, Abu Nasr Ian Richard Netton 3: 554 - 558
al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Kojiro Nakamura 4: 61 - 68
Transmission of Greek Philosophy into the Islamic World Majid Fakhry 4: 155 - 159
Ibn `Adi, Yahya Shams C. Inati 4: 599 - 601
Ibn al-`Arabi, Muhyi al-Din Neal Robinson 4: 601 - 605
Ibn Bajja, Abu Bakr Muhammad i. Yahya Shams C. Inati 4: 605 - 608
Ibn Hazm, Abu Muhammad `Ali S. Albdour & O. Leaman 4: 620 - 621
Ibn Khaldun, `Abd al-Rahman Charles Issawi & O. Leaman 4: 623 - 627
Ibn Massarah, Muhammad i. `Abd Allah George N. Atiyeh 4: 627 - 630
Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmad ibn Muhammad Oliver Leaman 4: 630 - 633
Ibn ar-Rawandi Shams C. Inati 4: 636 - 638
Ibn Rushd, Abu’l Walid Muhammad Oliver Leaman 4: 638 - 646
Ibn Sab`in, Muhammad i. `Abd al-Haqq Elsayed Omran 4: 646 - 647
Ibn Sina, Abu `Ali al-Husain Salim Kemal 4: 647 - 654
Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din James Pavlin 4: 655 - 656
Ibn Tufayl, Abu Bakr Muhammad Shams C. Inati 4: 657 - 659
Ikhwan Al-Safa’ Ian Richard Netton 4: 685 - 688
Iqbal, Muhammad Riffat Hassan 4: 863 - 868
Concept of Philosophy in Islam Oliver Leaman 5: 5 - 9
Islamic Fundamentalism Y. Choueiri 5: 9 - 12
Islamic Philosophy Oliver Leaman 5: 13 - 16
Modern Islamic Philosophy O. Leaman & P. Morewedge 5: 16 - 21
Transmission of Islamic Philosophy into Western Europe Charles Burnett 5: 21 - 25
Islamic Theology Abdelwahab El-Effendi 5: 25 - 31
al-Jawayni, Abu’l Ma`ali S. Albdour & O. Leaman 5: 169 - 170
al-Kindi, Abu Yusuf ibn Ishaq Kiki Kennedy Day 5: 250 - 253
Ibn Kummuna Y. TZVI LANGERMANN
Philosophy of Law in Islam Norman Calder 5: 457 - 460
Logic in Islamic Philosophy Deborah L. Black 5: 706 - 713
Concept of Meaning in Islamic Phil. Oliver Leaman 6: 236 - 239
Mir Damad, Muhammad Baqir Hamid Dabashi 6: 408 - 411
Mulla Sadra (Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi) John Cooper 6: 595 - 599
Mystical Philosophy in Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr 6: 616 - 620
Neoplatonism in Islamic Philosophy Ian Richard Netton 6: 804 - 808
Orientalism and Islamic Philosophy Ubai Z. Nooruddin 7: 158 - 160
Platonism in Islamic Philosophy David Burrell 7: 429 - 430
Political Philosophy in Classical Islam Daniel H. Frank 7: 518 - 521
al-Razi, A. Bakr Muhammad i. Zakariyya Paul E. Walker 8: 110 - 112
al-Razi, Fakhr al-Din John Cooper 8: 112 - 115
al-Sabzawari, al-Hajj Mulla Hadi John Cooper 8: 440 - 442
Philosophy of Science in Islam Ziauddin Sardar 8: 561 - 565
Shah Wali Allah Hafiz A. Ghaffar Khan 8: 732 - 735
al-Sijistani, Abu Sulayman Muhammad George N. Atiyeh 8: 774 - 776
Concept of Soul in Islamic Philosophy Shams C. Inati 9: 40 - 44
al-Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din Yahya John Cooper 9: 219 - 224
al-Tawhidi, Abu Hayyan Charles Genequand 9: 271 - 272
al-Tusi, Khwajah Nasir John Cooper 9: 504 - 507

 

Miscellaneous but relevant Articles:

Arguments for God in Phil. ALVIN PLANTINGA
Averroism (Radical Aristotelianism) Sten Ebbesen 1: 595 - 598
Aristotle T. H. IRWIN
Averroism, Jewish Oliver Leaman 1: 598 - 608
Iamblichus LUCAS SIORVANES
Illuminationist H. ZIAI O. LEAMAN
Illumination SCOTT MacDONALD
Infinity A.W. MOORE
Maimonides L.E. GOODMAN
Melebrance STEVEN NADLER
Nous A.A. LONG
Occasionalism WILLIAM HASKER
Plato MALCOLM SCHOFIELD
Porphyry (c. 233-309)  LUCAS SIORVANES
Plotinus (ad 204/5-70)  E. K. EMILSSON
Socrates JOHN M. COOPER

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