Running through the articles in this volume is the theme of the appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science by scholars in the world of medieval Islam. The opening paper presents the historiography of this process, and the focus is then placed on Ibn al-Haytham, one of the most original and influential figures of the 11th century, and in particular in his contribution to the science of optics, both mathematical and experimental, and the psychology of vision. Professor Sabra then continues the analysis of how Greek thought was developed in the Islamic world with two studies of work based on Euclid’s geometry and two on critiques of Ptolemaic astronomy. The final articles turn specifically to questions in the history of logic - Aristotelian syllogism, and Avicenna’s views on the subject - matter of logic.
| ISBN: | 9780860784357 |
| Publication date: | 14th April 1994 |
| Author: | AI Sabra |
| Publisher: | Variorum an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 337 pages |
| Series: | Variorum Collected Studies |
| Genres: |
Religion: general History of science General and world history Islam Medieval Western philosophy |
Running through the articles in this volume is the theme of the appropriation and subsequent naturalization of Greek science by scholars in the world of medieval Islam. The opening paper presents the historiography of this process, and the focus is then placed on Ibn al-Haytham, one of the most original and influential figures of the 11th century, and in particular in his contribution to the science of optics, both mathematical and experimental, and the psychology of vision. Professor Sabra then continues the analysis of how Greek thought was developed in the Islamic world with two studies of work based on Euclid’s geometry and two on critiques of Ptolemaic astronomy. The final articles turn specifically to questions in the history of logic - Aristotelian syllogism, and Avicenna’s views on the subject - matter of logic.
Optics, Astronomy and Logic features in the following genres: Religion: general, History of science, General and world history, Islam, Medieval Western philosophy
Optics, Astronomy and Logic is available in Hardback
Optics, Astronomy and Logic was written by AI Sabra and published by Variorum an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Optics, Astronomy and Logic has 337 pages
Yes it is part of Variorum Collected Studies series
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