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Philosophy in the Islamic World

A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. He traces its development from early Islam to the 20th century, ranging from Spain to South Asia, featuring Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslim. Major figures like Avicenna, Averroes, and Maimonides are covered in great detail, but the book also looks at less familiar thinkers, including women philosophers. Attention is also given to thephilosophical relevance of Islamic theology (kalam) and mysticism--the Sufi tradition within Islam, and Kabbalah among Jews--and to science, with chapters on disciplines like optics and astronomy. The first partof the book looks at the blossoming of Islamic theology and responses to the Greek philosophical tradition in the world of Arabic learning, the second discusses philosophy in Muslim Spain (Andalusia), and a third section looks in unusual detail at later developments, touching on philosophy in the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires.

somewhere, and recently confirmed with forty-five seconds or so of intensive
research on the internet, that the most common given name in the world is
Muhammad. Apparently the most common surname is Chang, which to my mind
raises the question of why we don't run into more people named Muhammad
Chang. The reason for the popularity of the name Muhammad, at least, is clear
enough: many Muslim parents name their boys after the Prophet. Statistically
speaking, then, it's ...