Islamic Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief
In this book the author argues that the Falasifa, the Philosophers of the Islamic Golden Age, are usefully interpreted through the prism of the contemporary, western ethics of belief. He contends that their position amounts to what he calls ‘Moderate
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Anthony Robert Booth
Islamic Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief
Anthony Robert Booth
Islamic Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief
Anthony Robert Booth University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-55699-8 ISBN 978-1-137-55700-1 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55700-1
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To my lost friends in Syria.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks go out to Scott Aikin, who read the whole manuscript and gave me extremely helpful written comments; to my friends and colleagues Mahon O’Brien, Michael Morris, Gordon Finlayson, Dimitri Kladiskakis, Elliot Rose, Umut Sahverdi, and Alastair Grey who indulged me in what were (for me) rigorous conversations on the issues I address in this work (in Mahon’s case, such conversation often took place on the cross-trainer!). My gratitude also to audiences at the Philosophy Society of England (Lewes branch), the University of Southern Denmark (especially Nikolaj Nottelmann), and the Sussex Philosophy Society, who heard and gave me generous, valuable feedback on earlier versions of the material in this book; an anonymous referee for Palgrave Pivot for excellent tips and challenges; and, finally, the students who attended my lectures on Islamic Philosophy and Philosophy, Politics, and the Middle East at Sussex University over the last three years, who graciously allowed me to bounce ideas off them during the courses, and without whose enthusiasm this book would never have been conceived.
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CONTENTS
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Falsafa as Ethics of Belief 1.1 Knowledge in Islam 1.2 The Ethics
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