Fakhr Al-Dīn Al-Rāzī on Place

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ID20400028
AuthorsPeter Adamson (0000-0001-9256-2366, Lehrstuhl VI für spätantike und arabische Philosophie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue2
Pages205-236
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArabic Sciences and Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4239 • E-ISSN: 1474-0524
PublisherLiverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1017/s0957423917000029
OpenAlexW2747908982
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

The twelfth century philosopher-theologian Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī is well known for his critique of Avicennan metaphysics. In this paper, I examine his critique of Avicenna's physics, and in particular his rejection of the Avicennan and Aristotelian theory of place as the inner boundary of a containing body. Instead, Fakhr al-Dīn defends a definition of place as self-subsisting extension, an idea explicitly rejected by Aristotle and Avicenna after him. Especially in his late work, the Maṭālib , Fakhr al-Dīn explores a number of important philosophical issues with reference to this theory of place, including the principle that two indiscernible things (in this case two overlapping extensions) must be identical and the idea that motion and rest are always relative

Classical mechanics · Epistemology · Mathematical analysis · Metaphysics · Physics · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Mathematics · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy

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