Professor of Philosophy and Theology also adds that “The immense impact of Islamic philosophy on western philosophy during the medieval period influenced virtually all of the philosophical disciplines ...

“As the various translation projects got underway in Spain and in Southern Europe, it became obvious that Christian as well as Jewish philosophy had much to gain and to question by the enormous ...

The move towards a global philosophy may signal a turn towards decolonisation in knowledge, especially in the study of humanities, setting it free from the shackles of colonialist epistemology, said ...

The history of human civilisation is, at its core, a search for one fundamental answer: how should people live with one ...

The Islamic ethical tradition has drawn generously on the Aristotelian ethical framework, and consequently emphasises the nature of the virtues and the cultivation of wisdom. (cihatatceken / E+ / ...

Every time we are shocked by a new terrorist atrocity, or when a surge in hate crimes takes hold in a country, we lament the malign grip of extremism. But what exactly do we mean when we say that ...

Are Islamic philosophers critical of authority? Irreverence is a feature of Western thought, but in Islamic philosophy failing to question power is an intellectual sin. By Peter Adamson Whatever the ...

I LIVE in Canada but often visit Pakistan. I notice two types of differences in how Islam is practised in the two countries. The first is a much wider range of practices in Canada than in Pakistan.

“As the various translation projects got underway in Spain and in Southern Europe, it became obvious that Christian as well as Jewish philosophy had much to gain and to question by the enormous ...