Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. 'Ari?t? ?inda l-?Arab', and beyond Christina D'Ancona; 2. The division of the categories according to Avicenna Paul Thom; 3. What if that (is) why?: Avicenna's taxonomy of scientific inquiry Riccardo Strobino; 4. The Rhetoric and Poetics in the Islamic world Uwe Vagelpohl; 5. Al-F?r?b? and the Didascalia Frederique Woerther; 6. Aristotle's 'Physical' works and the Arabic tradition Paul Lettinck; 7. Defining nature: from Aristotle to Philoponus to Avicenna Andreas Lammer; 8. Avicenna on self-cognition and self-awareness Ahmed Alwishah; 9. Averroes on intentionality and the human experience of the natural world Yehuda Halper; 10. Metaphysics in the orbit of Islam Calvin G. Normore; 11. The Arabic reception of the Nicomachean Ethics Josh Hayes; 12. The shining and the hidden: notes on politics and solitude from the 'Greek Prophets' to Al-F?r?b? Claudia Baracchi.