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Cover 1 Skepticism in Classical Islam 2 Title Page 8 Copyright Page 9 Table of Contents 10 Preface 12 Introduction: skepticism in Islam 14 1 Words, words, words 37 Baghdad in its beginnings 37 Theological controversy 38 Theo-political controversy 39 Skepticism 42 Islam the civilization: Abū ‘Uthmān ‘Amr al-Jāhiz (d. 869) 43 Anti-anthropomorphism 49 More anti-anthropomorphism 57 Skepticism and Sufism 60 Sufism and the legacy of confusion 64 Christians as source of confusion 67 Conclusion 71 2 A world without words 79 Baghdad beyond beliefs 79 The philosophy of rule 80 Philosophy as arbiter of beliefs 82 Skeptical confusion reconfigured 84 Skepticism defined 87 The Brethren of Purity: one response to skepticism 94 Abū l-Hasan al-‘Āmirī (d. 992): another response to skepticism 99 Conclusion 116 3 Truths beyond words, truths beyond ideas 121 Baghdad bewildered 121 Reviver of Islam: Abū Hāmid Muhammad al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) 122 The synthesis 126 The challenge of Avicenna (d. 1037) 128 Learned ignorance 131 Reasoned reflection on God’s creation 136 The logic of skepticism 138 The logic of prophecy 141 Philosophy condemned? 146 Philosophical prophecy 150 Divine speaking and human thinking

Author

Paul L. Heck

Published

2019

Language

EN