, . Copyright © 2005 All righ ed. No portion of this publication may be duplicated in any way without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the form of brief excerpts of quotations for the purposes of review. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marmura, Michael E., 1929Probing in Islamic philosophy : studies in the philosophies of lbn Sina I Michael E. Marmura. p. cm. ISBN 1-58684-254-4 (pbk. : alk:. paper) l. Avicenna, 980-1037. 2. Ghazii.IT, 1058-1111. 3. Philosophy, Islamic. I. Title B75 l.Z7M33 2004 181'.5-dc22 2004018718
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Contents Preface
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I. A vicennan Studies Avicenna on the Division of the Sciences v in the Isagoge of his Shifa' Avicenna's Metaphysics, Encyclopedia Iranica v'
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Avicenna's Chapter on Universals in the Isagoge of his Shifa
33
Quiddity and Universality in Avicenna
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Some Aspects of Avicenna's Theory of God's Knowledge of Particulars
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Avicenna and the Kalam /
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Avicenna's Proof from Contingency for God's Existence v in the Metaphysics of the Shifa'
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Avicenna on Primary Concepts in the Metaphysics v of his al-Shifa'
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Avicenna and the Problem of the Infinite Number of Souls ./
171
Avicenna's "Flying Man" in Context
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Avicenna's Theory of Prophecy in the Light of Ash'arite Theology
197
II. Ghazii1ian Studies The Logical Role of the Argument from Time in the Tahafut's ./ Second Proof for the World's Pre-Eternity
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Ghazali and Demonstrative Science v
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GhazalI on Ethical Premises /
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Premises that are not Certain and are -./ Unusable in Demonstrations
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Al-Ghazali on Bodily Resurrection and Causality in the ./ Tahiifut and the Iqti$iid
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Ghazali's Chapter on Divine Power in the Iqti$iid
301
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Ill. Other Studies With John M. Rist, "Al-Kindi's Discussion of Divine Existence\/ and Oneness" The Fortuna of the Posterior Analytics in the Arabic Middle Ages
Divine Omniscience and Future Contingents in Alfarabi v and Avicenna
The Islamic Philosophers' Conception of Islam ../ The Philosopher and Society: Some Medieval Arabic Discussions
A Medieval Islamic Argument for the Intrinsic Value of v the Moral Act
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IV. Appendix J The Source of the Articles
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