TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kaukua,Jari
TI  - Suhraward�i's illuminationism: a philosophical study 
T2  - Islamic philosophy, theology and science
SN  - 9789004514102
AV  - B753.S834 K38 2022
U1  - 181/.07 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Suhraward�i, Ya�hy�a ibn �Habash,
KW  - Ishr�aq�iyah
KW  - Islamic philosophy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "In Suhrawardi's Illuminationism, Jari Kaukua offers a new interpretation of Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi's (d. 1191 CE) illuminationist (ishraqi) philosophy. Commonly portrayed as a philosophically inclined mystic, Suhrawardi appears here as a perspicacious critic of Avicenna who developed his critique into an alternative philosophical system. Focusing on metaphysics and theory of science, Kaukua argues that Suhrawardi's illuminationist philosophy combines rigorous metaphysical monism with a modest but positive assessment of scientific explanation. This philosophical core of Suhrawardi's illuminationism is reconcilable with but independent of the mystical side of the shaykh al-ishraq"--
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