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Author Belo, Catarina, 1974-

Title Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes / by Catarina Belo.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Islamic philosophy, theology and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 69
Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 69. 0169-8729
Note Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford, 2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and indexes.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
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Subject Avicenna, 980-1037.
Avicenna, 980-1037.
Averroës, 1126-1198.
Averroës, 1126-1198.
Avicenna, 980-1037.
Averroës, 1126-1198.
Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic philosophy.
Islamic philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Belo, Catarina C.M. de M. (Catarina Carriço Marques de Moura), 1974- Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2006051267
ISBN 9789047419150 (electronic book)
9047419154 (electronic book)
9789004155879 (alkaline paper)
9004155872 (alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004155879.i-252