The Incoherence of the Incoherence

E311954

The Incoherence of the Incoherence is a landmark philosophical work by Averroes that defends Aristotelian rationalism against al-Ghazali’s theological critique and became a cornerstone of medieval Islamic and Western thought.

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instanceOf Islamic philosophical text
book
philosophical work
aim to defend philosophy against theological criticism
to reconcile philosophy with Islamic doctrine
author Averroes
Averroes
surface form: Ibn Rushd
centralTheme causality
compatibility of reason and revelation
divine knowledge
eternity of the world
miracles
relationship between philosophy and religion
countryOfOrigin Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus
criticizes al‑Ghazali
surface form: al-Ghazali
defends Aristotelian philosophy
philosophical demonstration
rational inquiry
genre Islamic philosophy
metaphysics
philosophy
historicalPeriod medieval period
influenced Jewish medieval philosophy
Latin scholasticism
Western medieval philosophy
medieval Islamic philosophy
language Arabic
mainSubject Aristotelianism
surface form: Aristotelian rationalism

Islamic theology
epistemology
metaphysics
philosophy of religion
method Aristotelian logical analysis
dialectical refutation
notableFor influence on later Averroist debates in Europe
systematic defense of Aristotelian rationalism
opposesWork The Incoherence of the Philosophers
originalTitle Tahafut al-Tahafut
surface form: Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
philosophicalContext Islamic philosophy
surface form: Islamic Aristotelianism
philosophicalSchool Latin Averroists
surface form: Averroism
regionOfInfluence Islamic world
Western Europe
religiousContext Islam
respondsTo The Incoherence of the Philosophers
structure dialogue with al-Ghazali’s arguments
title The Incoherence of the Incoherence self-link
tradition Aristotelianism
Islamic philosophy
Peripatetic philosophy

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The Incoherence of the Incoherence title The Incoherence of the Incoherence self-link