Questions tagged [islamic-philosophy]
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Do all religions summarise into the same principle?
I have read, a highly revered mystic and ascetic of Hinduism -- Lord Ramakrishna, the Guru of Swami Vivekananda, had a worldview that every religion is true and every religion eventually leads to God. They differ in practices and methods, but they…
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Is faith just a consolation for the common folk?
In reading Dostoevsky, I stumbled upon the perplexing question of faith being a mere consolation. And in spite of considering myself a believer, I still agree to this statement to a certain extent. Maybe faith is meant to be a consolation. What are…
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What is Islamic about Islamic philosophy?
As far back as I can remember, whenever I heard others say Islamic Philosophy or used it myself, I had always understood it to mean, the opinions or perspectives of Muslims about a certain subject, until recently that is, when in the middle of a…
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Why do scholars not consider Avicenna's "proof of the truthful" to be the first ontological argument?
Scholars seem to believe that Anselm's Proslogion lays down the first ontological argument, at least in the West. I also understand that there is a debate whether Avicenna's "proof of the truthful" should be considered the first ontological proof…
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Are there any philosophical limitations in applying the Golden Rule?
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, the golden rule is defined as follows:
Any form of the dictum: Do unto others as you would have them do unto
you. In some form this is found in almost all religions and ethical
systems.
The Golden…
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Comparison between Western, Eastern and Islamic Philosophy
As a beginner in "Philosophy" ... I'd like to know the difference between the Western, Eastern and Islamic Philosophy in terms of Essence, Thought, Ideology, History, Purpose... etc. and the eminent philosophers of each philosophy who contributed…
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Why did Averroes have a limited impact on Islamic philosophy?
Averroes (Ibn Rushd), the famed Medieval Islamic commentator on the works of Aristotle, reknown as the Commentator in the Christian West, including in the Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas, had a profound impact on Wester Christian…
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Does Actus Purus (pure act) necessitate that God is his attributes / God has no real attributes
If Actus Purus is true, does this mean that God is his attributes (his essence is identical to his attributes) or that God has no real attributes (simply virtually predications of the one essence). If so, why?
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Kant's Transcendental Apperception and al-`Ilm al-Huduri
What is transcendental apperception in Kant's Philosophy? Is it an instance of knowledge-by-presence (al-Ilm al-Huduri) in Islamic philosophy (especially Mulla Sadra's al-Hikmah al-Mutaaliyyah)?
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Who came up with the "Proof of the Truthful" name for Avicenna's argument for God's existence?
Avicenna's (or Ibn Sina's) argument for the existence of God is known as "Burhan al‐Siddiqin", which I've seen translated as "Proof of the Truthful" or "Proof of Those Who Grasp the Truth" (also Proof is sometimes replaced with Demonstration).
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Books to learn Islamic Philosophy
I have for a long time wanted to study philosophy so I recently started reading Plato's dialogues like Crito, Apology and also have ordered Plato's Republic.
I want to study Islamic philosophy alongside Western philosophy. So I want to get like a…
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Is it a contradiction to believe God is both transcendent and omnipresent?
From a classical theistic perspective, God both transcends time and space, yet is also present everywhere. But how can God be both outside time and space and yet be present everywhere?
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What is the difference between Avicenna's and al-Ghazâlî's understandings of causality?
In the 17th discussion of The Incoherence of the Philosophers, Al-Ghazali attempts to explain how a certain view of causality (which we can see is quite certainly intended to be that espoused by Avicenna) fails to meet his four requirements for an…
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How to understand the atemporal (dahri) world in Mir Damad's philosophy of time?
Safavid philosopher Mir Damad distinguishes between three kinds of 'worlds':
Sarmadi is the eternal world, the space for God.
Zamani is the temporal world, the space for created things like humans.
Dahri is the atemporal, which seems to kind of…
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How does "Plotinian discussion of unity and multiplicity" contribute to Al-Kindi's cosmological argument?
I'm reading a discussion of Al-Kindi's cosmological argument. Al-Kindi is widely considered "father of Islamic philosophy" and this argument is a version of what is now known as the "kalam cosmological argument". I followed the discussion up to the…
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