Islamic Philosophical Literature

Catalog description

Covers the most important Muslim philosophers and their contributions to philosophy. Concentrates on presenting and analyzing the main Islamic theories in philosophy, such as the different theories of creation, the role of reason and rationalism versus traditionalism. In addition, provides detailed information about the Islamic philosophical theories of language and meaning, and how these theories influenced the development of many distinct philosophical and literary works in the Arab-Islamic world. Also portrays Arabic language as a philosopher which provides philosophical definitions and analyses of many important concepts. Some of the famous philosophers which this course covers are the following: Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd. Those philosophers and their theories are still highly influential today in the Arab-Islamic culture.