Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes - Belo, Catarina C. M. de M., (Catarina Carriço Marques de Moura) (Brill, 2007)
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford, 2004
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and indexes
Note on Transliteration -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Avicenna on chance -- Chapter Two. Avicenna on matter -- Chapter Three. Avicenna on celestial causation and providence -- Chapter Four. Averroes on chance -- Chapter Five. Averroes on matter and necessity -- Chapter Six. Averroes on celestial causation and providence -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Main Passages
Examines the question as to whether medieval Muslim philosophers Avicenna (Arabic Ibn Sina 980-1037) and Averroes (Arabic Ibn Rushd 1126-1198) are determinists. With a focus on physics and metaphysics, this book also studies their views on chance events in nature, as well as matter, in particular prime matter, and divine providence