Alnoor Dhanani
Biographic Data
| ID | 1439367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alnoor Dhanani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alnoor |
| FAMILY NAME | Dhanani |
| SIGNATURE | DHANANI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2504-2616 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Baṣran Muʿtazilite Theology
Baṣran Muʿtazilite Theology: Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad b. Khallād’s Kitāb al-Uṣūl and Its Reception. Edited by Camilla Adang; Wilferd Madelung; and Sabine Schmidtke. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 85. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. iv + 8 + 306 (Arabic). $170
The Impact of Ibn Sīnā's Critique of Atomism on Subsequent Kalām Discussions of Atomism
Kalām atomism stood in opposition to the Aristotelian natural philosophy of the falāsifa . In the Physics of the Shifā' , Ibn Sīnā undertook a detailed refutation of kalām atomism through several arguments. These arguments elicited a muted response from al-Ghazālī, whose commitment to kalām was minimal at best. A more forceful response seems to have been offered by al-Shahrastānī but its details remain sketchy due to the lack of surviving sources…
The Physical Theory of Kalām
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The Physical Theory of Kalām
The Impact of Ibn Sīnā's Critique of Atomism on Subsequent Kalām Discussions of Atomism
Kalām atomism stood in opposition to the Aristotelian natural philosophy of the falāsifa . In the Physics of the Shifā' , Ibn Sīnā undertook a detailed refutation of kalām atomism through several arguments. These arguments elicited a muted response from al-Ghazālī, whose commitment to kalām was minimal at best. A more forceful response seems to have been offered by al-Shahrastānī but its details remain sketchy due to the lack of surviving sources…
Baṣran Muʿtazilite Theology
Baṣran Muʿtazilite Theology: Abū ʿAlī Muḥammad b. Khallād’s Kitāb al-Uṣūl and Its Reception. Edited by Camilla Adang; Wilferd Madelung; and Sabine Schmidtke. Islamic History and Civilization, vol. 85. Leiden: Brill, 2011. Pp. iv + 8 + 306 (Arabic). $170
Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Islamic Thought and Society Studies (2 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Astrophysics (1 work) · Atomism (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Cosmology (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)