Questions tagged [islamic-philosophy]
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Can a non linear perception of time be the answer to the apparent contradiction between God's Decree and human free will?
In Islamic teachings which I was brought up in, we are made to believe that everything that happens is in the Decree of God (Allah). There is a hadith (sacred text from the Prophet) which says that ...
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How can religious conception of choice be consistent with the notion of omnipotent, all powerful God? [duplicate]
Religious people say we have free will in that god has knowledge of whatever will happen but he doesn't make us do sin. I did an act of sin out of my own choice; god was just already aware of the ...
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Do any philosophers argue for a state of constant war?
Do any philosophers argue for a state of constant war? Not as a state that needs to be prevented, but an ideal state. I don't think that's Marx, but it may be some variants of Marxism. Does ...
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About ethical sleeping in Islamic philosophy [closed]
In Islamic philosophy, those who die are divided into those who die in sleep and those who do not die in sleep. The following link is the relevant question: Sleep and Death
The truth is that if a ...
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Before claiming prophethood,X was famous for being truthful among his people,so that is one of the proof that he is a prophet?
some people who believe in the prophethood and divine inspiration of specific individuals ,use this argument,as one of the arguments,that proves that their believe in such individuals is legitimate
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How should one treat probability in taking a decision?
Suppose, I have a machine that accurately gives me the probability of any event occuring.
It's obvious what to do when
The probabilities are 0.5 and 0.5 (Do nothing)
The probabilities are 0 and 1 (...
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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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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 ...
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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. ...
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What is the relationship between Al-Ghazali's Occasionalism, Whitehead's occasions and QM?
In 1993, Karen Harding, a philosopher wrote a paper, Causality then and now: Al-Ghazali and QM. She remarked:
In both cases, and contrary to common sense, objects are viewed as having no inherent ...
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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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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 ...
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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. ...
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Did Muslim Philosophers copy the Greek Philosophy?
First let’s talk about thought, so there are two basic parameters for judging a thought or methodology is original or not?
Critical attitude of that thought (If any thought contains the germs of ...
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Can an eternal universe be created?
In both Christian and Islamic thought the universe is created and this is taken to mean that the universe had a definite beginning. Philosophically we can justify this position by arguing that were we ...
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What is the difference between the Umma and the Ecclesia?
What is the difference between the Umma and the Ecclesia?
I’m looking for answers only from people who are versed in comparative theology and can give proper, well-thought-out explanations, not just ...
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What is the impact of Islamic philosophy on European philosophy and science
As someone who doesn't know much about Islamic philosophy, I was wondering did Islamic philosophy have any impact on Greek/European/Western philosophy (impact meaning, what philosopher did the Islamic ...
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How common is the notion of God taking a break from work?
In Judeo-Christian tradition, the day when God finished creating the earth is the day of rest.
“and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. ”
Does this idea appear in other ...
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Is Not-Being identical with Nothing?
Anne-Marie Schimmel writes in Mystical dimensions of Islam
Sufism comes close to it [Shankara Advaita Philosophy] in some of the forms developed by the Ibn-Arabi school. Here the Numen is concieved ...
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Was Mohammed a philosopher?
Could the Islamic prophet Mohammed be consider a philosopher?
I know some people argue that Jesus was a philosopher, but I don't notice any discussion on Mohammed.
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Is this argument valid, and will the God accept this motivation of praying?
To me, given my limited religious understanding, it is really probable for Islam to be true, but I am not 100% sure. I just don't know the truth. However, I see this to be problematic: this not being ...
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On Latin reception of Avicenna
I'm looking for an article represents a general picture of Ibn Sina's (Avicenna's) Latin reception in the middle ages.
For example in this book we read about reception of particular aspects:
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When confronted with early Islamic philosophy, would one's time be better spent just reading Aristotle, Plato, Plotinus?
I have been reading Avicenna, al-Razi, al-Kindi, and others, and I have noticed that almost nothing is an original work in the realm of philosophy, especially as it applies to metaphysics.
al-Farabi ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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" ...
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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. ...
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Comparison between Western, Eastern and Islamic Philosophy [closed]
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 ...
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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 ...
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