Book contents
- Islam, Causality, and Freedom
- Islam, Causality, and Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Conventions
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Causality in the Early Period
- 2 Toward a Synthesis of Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Understandings of Causality
- 3 Occasionalism in the Middle Period
- 4 The First as Pure Act and Causality
- 5 Light, Existence, and Causality
- 6 The World as a Theophany and Causality
- 7 Continuities and Developments in Sufi Metaphysics
- 8 Toward an Occasionalist Philosophy of Science
- 9 Causality and Freedom in Later Islamic Philosophy
- 10 Occasionalism in the Modern Context
- 11 Islamic Theories of Causality in the Modern Context
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2020
Book contents
- Islam, Causality, and Freedom
- Islam, Causality, and Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Conventions
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Causality in the Early Period
- 2 Toward a Synthesis of Aristotelian and Neoplatonic Understandings of Causality
- 3 Occasionalism in the Middle Period
- 4 The First as Pure Act and Causality
- 5 Light, Existence, and Causality
- 6 The World as a Theophany and Causality
- 7 Continuities and Developments in Sufi Metaphysics
- 8 Toward an Occasionalist Philosophy of Science
- 9 Causality and Freedom in Later Islamic Philosophy
- 10 Occasionalism in the Modern Context
- 11 Islamic Theories of Causality in the Modern Context
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The introduction presents main research questions, key concepts, and methodology. It introduces some of the reasons that make questions about causality and freedom fundamentally important for any religious tradition in general and Islamic tradition in particular. It discusses the reasons for the selection of thinkers examined in the book. It also provides short introductions to Platonic, Neo-Platonic, Aristotelian, and occasionalist accounts of causality to help the reader better understand the spectrum of ideas about causality and freedom examined in this book.
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- Islam, Causality, and FreedomFrom the Medieval to the Modern Era, pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020