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2This chapter looks at Avicenna’s definition of truth or, more precisely, some aspects of it related to the theme of analysis or resolutio. Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) tends to rework elements of the two traditions that constitute the history of analysis (and more generally the alphabet of Arabic philosophy), that is, in a very broad sense, the Aristotelian and Neoplatonic traditions. The doctrine of truth, in which logic and metaphysics are closely intertwined, clearly exemplifies this. Both senses of t…Read more
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5Representation and Reality: On the Definition of Imaginative Prophecy in AvicennaIn Börje Bydén & Filip Radovic (eds.), The Parva Naturalia in Greek, Arabic and Latin Aristotelianism: Supplementing the Science of the Soul, Springer Verlag. pp. 133-154. 2018.The general issue of the relationship between Representation and Reality—how, and to what extent, representations stand for and correspond to reality—has a privileged position in Arabic-Islamic philosophy: that of prophecy and of the veridical dream, which is both a sign and a mode of prophecy. It is in this respect that some remarks are offered here about visions and the doctrine of prophecy. After presenting the main elements of intellectual prophecy I discuss imaginative prophecy: this is rel…Read more
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9La philosophie arabe à l'étude: sens, limites et défis d'une discipline moderne = Studying Arabic philosophy: meaning, limits and challenges of a modern disciplin (edited book)Librairie philosophique J. Vrin. 2019.Où en est l'étude de la philosophie arabe? Ce livre propose un état des lieux. Il s'agit de dresser un premier bilan des travaux menés dans ce vaste champ. On examine l'historiographie, les dénominations employées; on s'interroge sur les thématiques, les objets retenus et les méthodes d'analyse mises en oeuvre ; on y présente aussi des études sur des auteurs, des traditions ou des concepts, qui montrent comment le travail progresse, quelles tensions perdurent, quelles sont les perspect…Read more
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9Fonti, flussi, onde: l'acqua tra realtà e metafora nel pensiero antico, medievale e moderno (edited book)Edizioni del Galluzzo. 2022.
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8Sans prétendre à l’exhaustivité, les éléments de base de la notion d’existence – dans la falsafa, principalement chez Alfarabi et Avicenne, sont ici examinés. En commençant par les questions terminologiques, on considère ensuite quelques questions concernant la conception de l’existence dans la philosophie arabe jusqu’à Avicenne. Puis, on analyse la notion d’existence chez Avicenne en prenant en considération les dernières recherches sur ce sujet.
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The relation between Form and Matter: some brief observations on the 'homology argument' (Ilāhiyyāt, II, 4) and the deduction of fluxusIn J. McGinnis & D. Reisman (eds.), Interpreting Avicenna. Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Avicenna Study Group, Brill. pp. 175-185. 2004.
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69Wuğūd-Mawğūd/Existence-Existent in Avicenna. A key ontological notion of Arabic philosophyQuaestio 3 (1): 111-138. 2003.
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23Occasionalismo e causalità filosofica: la discussione della causalità in al-ĠazālīQuaestio 2 (1): 155-186. 2002.
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L''me Chez Avicenne: quelques remarques autour de son statut épistémologique et de son fondement métaphysiqueDocumenti E Studi Sulla Tradizione Filosofica Medievale 21 223-242. 2010.
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30Utility and Gratuitousness of Metaphysics: Avicenna, Ilāhiyyāt I, 3Quaestio 5 (1): 307-344. 2005.
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22Entre réalité et possibilitéChôra 18 329-349. 2020.The idea that defines quiddity – independence or neutrality in relation to the modalities of existence – allows Avicenna not only to speak of a duality in the being of existing things, but also to use apparently logically incompatible notions to qualify quiddity: that of reality, on the one hand, and that of possibility, on the other. The very conception of the independence of quiddity – which lets us consider quiddity as a separate element in the existing thing – can be recognized in the resolu…Read more
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31Avicenna: the Pleasure of Knowledge and the Quietude of the SoulQuaestio 15 265-273. 2015.In his Metaphysics of the Healing, Avicenna presents his ideas about the destiny of the human soul in the afterlife. Considered philosophically, the afterlife is intellectual. The human soul achieves perfection by becoming an intellectual world in which the whole of reality may be reflected. Analysing the meaning of this statement helps to elucidate not only how Avicenna conceives intellectual pleasure in the afterlife, but also how he characterizes the very process of knowledge. Intertwined the…Read more
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2Autour de la totalité (et du non-être) dans la Métaphysique d’AvicenneCahiers de Philosophie de L’Université de Caen 53 55-76. 2016.L’idée de totalité se trouve dans la Métaphysique du Livre de la Guérison (les Ilāhiyyāt du Kitāb al-Šifā') d’Avicenne en relation avec plusieurs thèmes. Dans cet article, l’analyse concerne en premier lieu la conception de la création et, en deuxième lieu, celle du mal. Dans les deux cas, c’est en relation aux termes et aux idées d’absolu et de non-existence que la totalité est conçue. L’examen du concept de totalité chez Avicenne permet enfin de réaffirmer les traits fondamentaux de sa concept…Read more
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23“A Mysterious Order of Possibles”: Some Remarks on Essentialism and on Beatrice Zedler’s Interpretation of Avicenna and Aquinas on CreationAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 88 (2): 237-270. 2014.Avicenna’s distinction between essence and existence was—and sometimes still is—read in the sense of a priority of essence. My analysis will focus on an important example of such a reading: Beatrice Zedler’s interpretation of one of the most important texts for Thomas’s discussion of Avicenna’s philosophy, the Quaestiones de Potentia. Independently of its consistency, Zedler’s interpretation gives me the opportunity to discuss Avicenna’s supposed “essentialism”. My aim is to show that Avicenna i…Read more
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21“A Mysterious Order of Possibles”: Some Remarks on Essentialism and on Beatrice Zedler’s Interpretation of Avicenna and Aquinas on CreationAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 88 (2): 237-270. 2014.Avicenna’s distinction between essence and existence was—and sometimes still is—read in the sense of a priority of essence. My analysis will focus on an important example of such a reading: Beatrice Zedler’s interpretation of one of the most important texts for Thomas’s discussion of Avicenna’s philosophy, the Quaestiones de Potentia. Independently of its consistency, Zedler’s interpretation gives me the opportunity to discuss Avicenna’s supposed “essentialism” . My aim is to show that Avicenna …Read more
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |