Reality and its Parts
Exploring Islamic Philosophy - Sayeh Meisami
Sayeh Meisami [+]
University of Dayton
Sayeh Meisami is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton. She holds a PhD in analytic philosophy from the University of Tehran and a PhD in Islamic philosophy from the University of Toronto. Her published books include Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī: A Philosopher for All Seasons (2019), Knowledge and Power in the Philosophies of Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī and Mullā Ṣadrā (2018), and Mulla Sadra (2013).
Description
This chapter covers the major metaphysical and cosmological problems encountered by some of the most important representatives of Islamic philosophy, namely the Peripatetics, the Neoplatonists, the Illuminationists, and the Transcendent philosophers associated with school of Mullā Ṣadrā.