Tahafut al-Tahafut

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Islamic philosophical text philosophical work

Tahafut al-Tahafut is a major philosophical work by Ibn Rushd (Averroes) that systematically defends Aristotelian philosophy and critiques al-Ghazali’s attacks on the philosophers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addressesTopic causality ⓘ
creation ⓘ
divine knowledge ⓘ
eternity of the world ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
relationship between philosophy and revelation ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
author Averroes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ibn Rushd NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Almohad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizesAuthor Abu Hamid al-Ghazali NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizesWork Tahafut al-Falasifa NERFINISHED ⓘ
defends Aristotelian metaphysics ⓘ
Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophers (falasifa) ⓘ
genre philosophical treatise ⓘ
polemical work ⓘ
theological critique ⓘ
historicalPeriod 12th century ⓘ
influenced Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Latin Averroism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
later Islamic philosophers ⓘ
medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
method dialectical argumentation ⓘ
systematic refutation ⓘ
notableFor major contribution to Islamic philosophical theology ⓘ
systematic defense of Aristotelian philosophy against al-Ghazali ⓘ
philosophicalPosition compatibility of philosophy and Islam ⓘ
critique of occasionalism ⓘ
defense of demonstrative reasoning ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic Aristotelianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Fasl al-Maqal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kitab al-Kashf ‘an Manahij al-Adilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
structure dialogue with al-Ghazali’s arguments ⓘ
title Tahafut al-Tahafut NERFINISHED ⓘ
translatedTitle The Incoherence of the Incoherence NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Tahafut al-Falasifa → hasResponseWork → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
Aben Rushd → notableWork → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
The Incoherence of the Incoherence → originalTitle → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
Faṣl al-Maqāl → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tahāfut al-Tahāfut