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87Are There Philosophical Benefits of an Occasionalist Ontology in Contrast to a Dispositionalist Ontology? Reading Avicenna’s and Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Philosophy of Nature through the Lens of Contemporary Metaphysics of Science (Güçler Ontolojisi Yerine Vesileci Ontolojinin Felsefî Avantajları Var Mıdır? İbn Sînâ ve Fahreddin Râzî Doğa Felsefesini Çağdaş Bilim Metafiziğiyle Okumak)In Nazif Muhtaroglu (ed.), Contemporary Islamic Thought (Çağdaş İslam Düşüncesi), Doruk Yayınları. 2026.In our upcoming chapter, we explore the philosophical advantages of an occasionalist ontology compared to a dispositionalist one, specifically through the works of Ibn Sina and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi. We invite you to consider how their insights are read and discussed in light of contemporary debates in the metaphysics of science, such as dispositionalism, the metaphysics of laws of nature, and structural realism.
