A critique of causality in islamic philosophy

Topoi 26 (2):255-265 (2007)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

After the problems of epistemology, the most fundamental problem of Islamic philosophy is that of causality. Causality has been studied from various perspectives. This paper endeavors first to analyze the issues of causality in Islamic philosophy and then to critique them. A sketch is provided of the history of the development of theories of causality in Islamic philosophy, with particular attention to how religious considerations came to determine the shape of the philosophical theories that were accepted. It is suggested that outstanding philosophical and theological problems that have plagued the tradition of Islamic philosophy require a new approach to the issue of causality.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,221

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Probabilistic theories of causality.Jon Williamson - 2009 - In Helen Beebee, Peter Menzies & Christopher Hitchcock (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Causation. Oxford University Press. pp. 185--212.
From the Editor.Mashhad Ai-Allaf - 2006 - Journal of Islamic Philosophy 2 (1):5-6.
Islamic Philosophy a–Z.Peter S. Groff - 2007 - Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Edited by Oliver Leaman.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
103 (#155,554)

6 months
2 (#658,848)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

Discussion.[author unknown] - 1999 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 30 (4):721-723.

Add more references