Book contents
- Interpreting Avicenna
- Interpreting Avicenna
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The life and times of Avicenna
- Chapter 2 Avicenna's philosophical project*
- Chapter 3 Avicennaon the syllogism
- Chapter 4 Avicenna's natural philosophy
- Chapter 5 Avicenna on medical practice, epistemology, and the physiology of the inner senses
- Chapter 6 Avicenna'sepistemological optimism
- Chapter 7 Certitude,justification, and the principles of knowledge in Avicenna's epistemology
- Chapter 8 Avicenna's metaphysics
- Chapter 9 From the necessary existent to God
- Chapter 10 Avicenna's Islamic reception
- Chapter 11 The reception of Avicenna in Jewish cultures, East and West
- Chapter 12 The reception of Avicenna in Latin medieval culture
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - Avicenna'sepistemological optimism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2013
- Interpreting Avicenna
- Interpreting Avicenna
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The life and times of Avicenna
- Chapter 2 Avicenna's philosophical project*
- Chapter 3 Avicennaon the syllogism
- Chapter 4 Avicenna's natural philosophy
- Chapter 5 Avicenna on medical practice, epistemology, and the physiology of the inner senses
- Chapter 6 Avicenna'sepistemological optimism
- Chapter 7 Certitude,justification, and the principles of knowledge in Avicenna's epistemology
- Chapter 8 Avicenna's metaphysics
- Chapter 9 From the necessary existent to God
- Chapter 10 Avicenna's Islamic reception
- Chapter 11 The reception of Avicenna in Jewish cultures, East and West
- Chapter 12 The reception of Avicenna in Latin medieval culture
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Interpreting AvicennaCritical Essays, pp. 109 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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