Method, structure, and development in al-Fārābi's cosmology
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Method, structure, and development in al-Fārābi's cosmology
（Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 85）
Brill, 2012
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McGill University, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-426) and index (p. [427]-433)
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Description
This study-the first monograph devoted exclusively to al-Farabi's cosmology-provides a new interpretation of this thinker's philosophical development through an analysis of the Greek and Arabic sources and a contextualization of his life and thought in the cultural and intellectual milieu of his time. It discusses key cosmological and metaphysical concepts articulated in his works, with a special focus on celestial causation, intellection, and motion. This book also examines al-Farabi's cosmological method and particularly the connection between astronomy, physics, and metaphysics. The result is a reassessment of al-Farabi's cosmology vis-a-vis late-antique Greek philosophical trends and a clearer understanding of how it creatively adapted and transformed this legacy to establish a new cosmological paradigm in Arabic thought.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
Chapter One: Cosmology, the Sciences, and the Scientific Method
Chapter Two: The Architecture of the Heavens: Intellects, Souls, and Orbs
Chapter Three: Matter and Creation: a Shift of Paradigms?
Chapter Four: The Aporia of Celestial Motion
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
General Index
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