Chance and determinism in Avicenna and Averroes /

Examines the question as to whether medieval Muslim philosophers Avicenna (Arabic Ibn Sina 980-1037) and Averroes (Arabic Ibn Rushd 1126-1198) are determinists. With a focus on physics and metaphysics, this book also studies their views on chance events in nature, as well as matter, in particular pr...

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Main Author: Belo, Catarina, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 69.
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