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| 505 | 8 | |a Method, Structure, and Development in al-Farabi's Cosmology; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method; 1. The Late Antique Greek and Early Islamic Contexts; 1.1. Some Biographical Notes; 1.2. The Dual Legacy of Greek Astronomy and Philosophy; 1.3. Early Islamic Cosmological Trends; 2. Astronomy and its Place in the Philosophical Curriculum; 2.1. Astronomy and Astrology and their Subject Matter; 2.2. The Principles of Astronomy; 2.3. The Primacy of Metaphysics and its Impact on Cosmology | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.4. Al-Farabi and the Later hay?ah Tradition3.1. The Evidence for and against Demonstration; 3.2. The Limits of Human Knowledge and the Role of Analogy; 3.3. Transferred Terms (asma? manqulah) and Transference (naqlah); 4. Conclusion; II The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs; 1. The Celestial Bodies; 1.1. Orbs, Spheres, Planets, and Stars; 1.2. Al-Farabi and Ptolemy on the Planetary Models; 1.3. The Celestial Souls; 2. The Separate Intellects; 2.2. A New Problem; 2.3. The Nature, Activity, and Knowledge of the Separate Intellects | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.4. The Special Case of the Agent Intellect2.5. Intellect and Form; 3. The First (al-awwal); 4. Unity and Multiplicity; 5. Conclusion; III Matter and Creation: A Shift in Paradigms?; 1. The Nature of Celestial Matter; 1.1. Al-Farabi?s Hylic Terminology; 2. The Origin of Matter: From Creationism to Eternal Causation; 2.1. Aether and Creationism: An Exercise in Harmonization; 2.2. Ih?s?a? and Aghrad?: Two Transitional Works?; 2.3. A Common Cosmogonical Paradigm; 2.4. Conclusion; 2.5. Falsafat Arist?ut?alis; 2.6. The Eternalist Paradigm: Ara?, Siyasah, Tah?s?il, Fus?ul, and Fi l-?aql | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.7. Causation, Compositeness, and the Celestial Substrate3. Strengthening the Developmentalist Hypothesis; 4. Conclusion; IV The Aporia of Celestial Motion; 1. The Various Motions of the Heavenly Bodies; 2. The Causes of Celestial Motion; 2.1. Nature and Motion: An Impasse; 2.2. Quwwah; 2.3. Intellection as a Cause of Motion; 3. The Problem of the Particular Motions of the Planets; 3.1. Ibn Sina and the Different Models of Planetary Motion; 3.2. A Hypothetical Reconstruction of al-Farabi?s Kinematic Model; 3.3. Celestial Kinematics and the Classification of the Sciences in falsafah | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4. ConclusionConclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index | |
| 505 | 8 | |a This study analyzes key concepts in al-F?r?b?'s cosmology and provides a new interpretation of his philosophical development through an analysis of the Greco-Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time | |
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| spelling | Janos, Damien Verfasser aut Method, Structure, and Development in al-F?r?b?'s Cosmology by Damien Janos Leiden BRILL 2012 1 online resource (447 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Print version record Method, Structure, and Development in al-Farabi's Cosmology; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method; 1. The Late Antique Greek and Early Islamic Contexts; 1.1. Some Biographical Notes; 1.2. The Dual Legacy of Greek Astronomy and Philosophy; 1.3. Early Islamic Cosmological Trends; 2. Astronomy and its Place in the Philosophical Curriculum; 2.1. Astronomy and Astrology and their Subject Matter; 2.2. The Principles of Astronomy; 2.3. The Primacy of Metaphysics and its Impact on Cosmology 2.4. Al-Farabi and the Later hay?ah Tradition3.1. The Evidence for and against Demonstration; 3.2. The Limits of Human Knowledge and the Role of Analogy; 3.3. Transferred Terms (asma? manqulah) and Transference (naqlah); 4. Conclusion; II The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs; 1. The Celestial Bodies; 1.1. Orbs, Spheres, Planets, and Stars; 1.2. Al-Farabi and Ptolemy on the Planetary Models; 1.3. The Celestial Souls; 2. The Separate Intellects; 2.2. A New Problem; 2.3. The Nature, Activity, and Knowledge of the Separate Intellects 2.4. The Special Case of the Agent Intellect2.5. Intellect and Form; 3. The First (al-awwal); 4. Unity and Multiplicity; 5. Conclusion; III Matter and Creation: A Shift in Paradigms?; 1. The Nature of Celestial Matter; 1.1. Al-Farabi?s Hylic Terminology; 2. The Origin of Matter: From Creationism to Eternal Causation; 2.1. Aether and Creationism: An Exercise in Harmonization; 2.2. Ih?s?a? and Aghrad?: Two Transitional Works?; 2.3. A Common Cosmogonical Paradigm; 2.4. Conclusion; 2.5. Falsafat Arist?ut?alis; 2.6. The Eternalist Paradigm: Ara?, Siyasah, Tah?s?il, Fus?ul, and Fi l-?aql 2.7. Causation, Compositeness, and the Celestial Substrate3. Strengthening the Developmentalist Hypothesis; 4. Conclusion; IV The Aporia of Celestial Motion; 1. The Various Motions of the Heavenly Bodies; 2. The Causes of Celestial Motion; 2.1. Nature and Motion: An Impasse; 2.2. Quwwah; 2.3. Intellection as a Cause of Motion; 3. The Problem of the Particular Motions of the Planets; 3.1. Ibn Sina and the Different Models of Planetary Motion; 3.2. A Hypothetical Reconstruction of al-Farabi?s Kinematic Model; 3.3. Celestial Kinematics and the Classification of the Sciences in falsafah 4. ConclusionConclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index This study analyzes key concepts in al-F?r?b?'s cosmology and provides a new interpretation of his philosophical development through an analysis of the Greco-Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time Fārābī fast Fārābī Far̄ab̄i Philosophy PHILOSOPHY / Eastern bisacsh Islamic cosmology fast Philosophie Islamic cosmology Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Janos, Damien Method, Structure, and Development in al-F?r?b?'s Cosmology http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=443433 Aggregator Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Janos, Damien Method, Structure, and Development in al-F?r?b?'s Cosmology Method, Structure, and Development in al-Farabi's Cosmology; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method; 1. The Late Antique Greek and Early Islamic Contexts; 1.1. Some Biographical Notes; 1.2. The Dual Legacy of Greek Astronomy and Philosophy; 1.3. Early Islamic Cosmological Trends; 2. Astronomy and its Place in the Philosophical Curriculum; 2.1. Astronomy and Astrology and their Subject Matter; 2.2. The Principles of Astronomy; 2.3. The Primacy of Metaphysics and its Impact on Cosmology 2.4. Al-Farabi and the Later hay?ah Tradition3.1. The Evidence for and against Demonstration; 3.2. The Limits of Human Knowledge and the Role of Analogy; 3.3. Transferred Terms (asma? manqulah) and Transference (naqlah); 4. Conclusion; II The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs; 1. The Celestial Bodies; 1.1. Orbs, Spheres, Planets, and Stars; 1.2. Al-Farabi and Ptolemy on the Planetary Models; 1.3. The Celestial Souls; 2. The Separate Intellects; 2.2. A New Problem; 2.3. The Nature, Activity, and Knowledge of the Separate Intellects 2.4. The Special Case of the Agent Intellect2.5. Intellect and Form; 3. The First (al-awwal); 4. Unity and Multiplicity; 5. Conclusion; III Matter and Creation: A Shift in Paradigms?; 1. The Nature of Celestial Matter; 1.1. Al-Farabi?s Hylic Terminology; 2. The Origin of Matter: From Creationism to Eternal Causation; 2.1. Aether and Creationism: An Exercise in Harmonization; 2.2. Ih?s?a? and Aghrad?: Two Transitional Works?; 2.3. A Common Cosmogonical Paradigm; 2.4. Conclusion; 2.5. Falsafat Arist?ut?alis; 2.6. The Eternalist Paradigm: Ara?, Siyasah, Tah?s?il, Fus?ul, and Fi l-?aql 2.7. Causation, Compositeness, and the Celestial Substrate3. Strengthening the Developmentalist Hypothesis; 4. Conclusion; IV The Aporia of Celestial Motion; 1. The Various Motions of the Heavenly Bodies; 2. The Causes of Celestial Motion; 2.1. Nature and Motion: An Impasse; 2.2. Quwwah; 2.3. Intellection as a Cause of Motion; 3. The Problem of the Particular Motions of the Planets; 3.1. Ibn Sina and the Different Models of Planetary Motion; 3.2. A Hypothetical Reconstruction of al-Farabi?s Kinematic Model; 3.3. Celestial Kinematics and the Classification of the Sciences in falsafah 4. ConclusionConclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index This study analyzes key concepts in al-F?r?b?'s cosmology and provides a new interpretation of his philosophical development through an analysis of the Greco-Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time Fārābī fast Fārābī Far̄ab̄i Philosophy PHILOSOPHY / Eastern bisacsh Islamic cosmology fast Philosophie Islamic cosmology |
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| topic_facet | Fārābī Far̄ab̄i Philosophy PHILOSOPHY / Eastern Islamic cosmology Philosophie |
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| work_keys_str_mv | AT janosdamien methodstructureanddevelopmentinalfrbscosmology |