First Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy
A two-day workshop exploring topics in Islamic Philosophy. This event is kindly funded by SoSS Small Grants 2023-2024.
DAY I – 27 JUNE 2024
12:15 – 12:45 Opening – Lunch
12:45 – 14:00 Peter Adamson (Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich) "Al-Biruni on Greek and Indian Philosophy: Divine Action and Reincarnation"
14:00 –15:15 Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (University of Manchester) "Avicennianism vs. Meinongianism"
15:15 –15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00 Laura Hassan (University of Oxford) "The Principle of Sufficient Reason as a Key Focus of the Early Encounter of Ash'arism with Avicennism"
18:30 Workshop Dinner
DAY II – 28 JUNE 2024
9:00 – 10:15 Amal Awad (University of Cambridge) "Al-Razi’s Critique of Avicenna’s Indivisibility Argument"
10:15 -10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Fedor Benevich (University of Edinburgh) "Pleasure, Pain, and Desire According to the Philosophers of Kalam"
12:00 – 13:15 Tony Street (University of Cambridge) "Thirteenth-century Arabic Debates On Defining Differentia"
REGISTRATION:
This is an in-person event only. To attend please email Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (mohammadsaleh.zarepour@manchester.ac.uk).
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Hanson Room
Humanities Bridgeford Street
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