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López-Farjeat, Luis Xavier
Introduction : The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy
2015
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López-Farjeat, Luis Xavier
Philosophy in the Arabic/Islamic tradition, commonly considered under the history of ideas as Oriental or Islamic studies, or as later developments of Greek thought, or as source study for Medieval European thought, has now reached a new stage in which it is not only studied as properly distinct from the European thinkers of the Middle Ages it influenced but also as philosophy in its own right. This consideration motivates us to present this volume, thematic in nature and focused on philosophical topics and problems, with a diversity of standpoints developed by thinkers of this tradition within the context of Islam and its history. This allows for clear focus on the innovative philosophical insights of the Islamic tradition that can be found in nearly every major area of philosophy. Our primary focus here is on philosophical issues of the Classical period and their development in the post-Classical or fully Islamic period, in which religion and philosophy are more integrated with matters of religious revelation. The study of recent and contemporary philosophy in the lands of Islam is outside the scope of this volume. There are several reasons for this: 1 The assumption of this book is that the traditional issues of philosophy in the Islamic milieu are primarily philosophical and perennial in nature. Hence, these can be identified as such by readers of this volume and related to similar philosophical issues arising in other cultural and historical contexts. ©2016 Taylor and Francis Inc.