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Speaking of the Ineffable [PDF]
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
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Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna
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
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THE LABYRINTH OF PHILOSOPHY IN ISLAM [PDF]
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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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
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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy
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
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Salting Babies. Innovation and Tradition in Premodern Procedures for Neonatal Care [PDF]
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
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
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
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How Ibn Sinian Is Suhrawardi’s Theory of Knowledge? [PDF]
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
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Salting Babies. Innovation and Tradition In Premodern Procedures for Neonatal Care [PDF]
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
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Scrotal Abscess Mimicking Fixed Drug Eruption Under Ibuprofen Therapy: A Diagnostic Pitfall
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
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