Philosophy in the Islamic World, Peter Adamson
Philosophy in the Islamic World, Peter Adamson
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Philosophy in the Islamic World
A Very Short Introduction

Author: Peter Adamson

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/23/2021

Synopsis

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the twentieth century.

Introducing the main philosophical themes of the Islamic world, Adamson integrates ideas from the Islamic and Abrahamic faiths to consider the broad philosophical questions that continue to invite debate: What is the relationship between reason and religious belief? What is the possibility of proving God's existence? What is the nature of knowledge? Drawing on the most recent research in the field, this book challenges the assumption of the cultural decline of philosophy and science in the Islamic world by demonstrating its rich heritage and overlap with other faiths and philosophies.

About Peter Adamson

Peter Adamson is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. In 2014, he was awarded the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Award for Translation with Peter E. Pormann for The Philosophical Works of al-Kind. He has published widely in ancient and medieval philosophy as well as hosting the popular History of Philosophy podcast, whose episodes are appearing as a series of books with OUP, entitled A History of Philosophy without any Gaps.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on April 12, 2017

Trying to shelve this book by Dewey Decimal poses a peculiar challenge, largely because of that system's anachronism. Most libraries seem to put this topic under 297 - Islam, but this is incorrect. Firstly, this is philosophy, not religion, and secondly, many philosophers in the Islamic world have n......more

Goodreads review by C. on December 13, 2015

Adamson's podcasts and attempts to catalog and explicate the entire history of philosophy is incredibly fascinating and useful, and this is a wonderful, if brief addition to his work. It is, however, a whirlwind tour of Philosophy in the Islamic World including Arab Christian and diaspora Jewish phi......more

Goodreads review by یاسر on March 29, 2021

A highly accessible, and fully informative introduction to Muslim philosophies accompanied with a comparative analysis.......more

Goodreads review by Julian on April 02, 2025

It's usual to identify the beginning of philosophy in the Islamic world with a translation movement that began more than 200 years after the age of the Prophet Muhammad. From the end of the 8th Century until the beginning of the 10th Century, many works of Greece science and philosophy were translate......more

Goodreads review by Lukas on January 29, 2024

Good introduction, and Adamson has a witty academic style that is more enjoyable than most.......more

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