| Title | Received Wisdom: The Use of Authority in Medieval Islamic Philosophy |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2021 |
| Journal | Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement |
| Volume | 89 |
| Pages | 99-115 |
| Categories | Law, Epistemology |
| Author(s) | Peter Adamson |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| In this paper I challenge the notion that medieval philosophy was characterized by strict adherence to authority. In particular, I argue that to the contrary, self-consciously critical reflection on authority was a widespread intellectual virtue in the Islamic world. The contrary vice, called ‘taqlīd’, was considered appropriate only for those outside the scholarly elite. I further suggest that this idea was originally developed in the context of Islamic law and was then passed on to authors who worked within the philosophical tradition. |
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| Title | Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī and Averroes on Metaphysics Alpha Elatton |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2010 |
| Journal | Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale |
| Volume | 21 |
| Pages | 343–374 |
| Categories | Metaphysics, Commentary |
| Author(s) | Peter Adamson |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| This paper examines and compares two commentaries on Aristotle Metaphyics, Alpha Elatton. In the Arabic tradition this was considered to be the first book of the Metaphysics, and it accordingly acquired more importance than it is usually given today. After giving a brief resume of Elatton and its transmission into Arabic, the paper discusses the commentaries of Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī, a Christian commentator of the Baghdad School, and by Averroes. it is argued that these two commentaries show rather different conceptions of Elatton as a text, and metaphysics as a science. In the final section Averroes' commentary on Elatton is shown to resonate strongly with Averroes' famous Decisive Treatise. Concluding remarks consider the question of how Averroes' project as a commentator related to that of the Baghdad School. |
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| Title | Received Wisdom: The Use of Authority in Medieval Islamic Philosophy |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2021 |
| Journal | Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement |
| Volume | 89 |
| Pages | 99-115 |
| Categories | Law, Epistemology |
| Author(s) | Peter Adamson |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| In this paper I challenge the notion that medieval philosophy was characterized by strict adherence to authority. In particular, I argue that to the contrary, self-consciously critical reflection on authority was a widespread intellectual virtue in the Islamic world. The contrary vice, called ‘taqlīd’, was considered appropriate only for those outside the scholarly elite. I further suggest that this idea was originally developed in the context of Islamic law and was then passed on to authors who worked within the philosophical tradition. |
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| Title | Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī and Averroes on Metaphysics Alpha Elatton |
| Type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2010 |
| Journal | Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale |
| Volume | 21 |
| Pages | 343–374 |
| Categories | Metaphysics, Commentary |
| Author(s) | Peter Adamson |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Translator(s) |
| This paper examines and compares two commentaries on Aristotle Metaphyics, Alpha Elatton. In the Arabic tradition this was considered to be the first book of the Metaphysics, and it accordingly acquired more importance than it is usually given today. After giving a brief resume of Elatton and its transmission into Arabic, the paper discusses the commentaries of Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī, a Christian commentator of the Baghdad School, and by Averroes. it is argued that these two commentaries show rather different conceptions of Elatton as a text, and metaphysics as a science. In the final section Averroes' commentary on Elatton is shown to resonate strongly with Averroes' famous Decisive Treatise. Concluding remarks consider the question of how Averroes' project as a commentator related to that of the Baghdad School. |
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