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Speaking of the Ineffable [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The paper investigates Halevi’s theory of divine attributes as an example of the transfer of knowledge from the Classical Arabic philosophy to Judeo-Arabic philosophy.
La Sala, Beate Ulrike
core   +1 more source

Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary metaphysics, and especially neo‐Aristotelian metaphysics, tackles many of the same problems as Avicenna did. One of these problems is the possibility of substantial kind change. For instance, is it possible for an animal to change its species?
Tuomas E. Tahko
wiley   +1 more source

THE LABYRINTH OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper focuses on the methodological issues related to the obstacles and potential horizons of approaching the philosophical traditions in Islam from the standpoint of comparative studies in philosophy, while also presenting selected case-studies ...
El-Bizri, Nader
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al-Māturīdī and Atomism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study aims to shed light on the position of Imām al-Māturīdī (d. 333/944) on atomism. It consists of three sections. The first section will delineate some theories of matter along with the meaning of certain pertinent terms, which were widely ...
Bulğen, Mehmet
core   +1 more source

PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
wiley   +1 more source

Salting Babies. Innovation and Tradition in Premodern Procedures for Neonatal Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The paper studies two aspects of the procedures of neonatal care explained by ancient and medieval medicine: the application of salt to the newborn’s skin in order to harden it, and the alternative proposed by Ibn Zuhr, anointment with acorn oil.
Forcada, Miquel
core  

Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
wiley   +1 more source

How Ibn Sinian Is Suhrawardi’s Theory of Knowledge? [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت اسرا, 2023
In what follows, I will argue that despite apparent differences and the association with two different schools of thought, the epistemology of Suhrawardı is essentially that of Ibn, and even Suhrawardı’s theory of ‘‘knowledge by presence’’, which is ...
saeed anvari, Mahdi Amin Razavi
doaj  

Salting Babies. Innovation and Tradition In Premodern Procedures for Neonatal Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The paper studies two aspects of the procedures of neonatal care explained by ancient and medieval medicine: the application of salt to the newborn's skin in order to harden it, and the alternative proposed by Ibn Zuhr, anointment with acorn oil.
Forcada Nogués, Miquel
core  

Scrotal Abscess Mimicking Fixed Drug Eruption Under Ibuprofen Therapy: A Diagnostic Pitfall

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Concurrent NSAID therapy can pharmacologically mask early scrotal abscess, generating a presentation that fulfills clinical and historical criteria for fixed drug eruption. Ibuprofen simultaneously acts as a recognized causative agent and suppresses infectious inflammatory signs.
Youssef Maachi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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