Conference: The Ontology of the Soul in Medieval Arabic Thought
The speakers are listed in the programme
Date: 18 September 2010Time: 1:30 PM
Finishes: 19 September 2010Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Brunei GalleryRoom: B102
Type of Event: Conference
The reality and nature of the soul and its relation to the body are topics that occupied both philosophers and theologians in the medieval Arabic intellectual tradition, and were often central to their broader philosophical and theological systems. Bringing together a group of specialists in Arabic intellectual history, this conference will be both an occasion to explore the history of psychology in medieval Arabic thought and a forum to consider the interaction between the different intellectual traditions that thrived in the same wider milieu of medieval Islamic culture.
Convenor: Dr Ayman Shihadeh
Supported by the Altajir Trust and the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, SOAS.
Programme
| Date/Time | Description |
|---|---|
| 18 September 2010 | |
| 1.30 | Registration |
| 14.00-16.00 | Session 1 |
| Peter Adamson (King’s College London) Abu Bakr al-Razi on the Soul | |
| Dimitri Gutas (Yale University) The Metaphysics of the Rational Soul in Avicenna | |
| Meryem Sebti (CNRS) The Ontological Link between Body and Soul in Bahmanyar’s Kitab al-Tahsil | |
| 16.30-17.50 | Session 2 |
| Richard C. Taylor (Marquette University and Catholic University of Leuven) Averroes on Knowledge, Intellect and the Perishable Nature of Human Soul | |
| Wilferd Madelung (Oxford University) Ibn al-Malahimi on the Human Soul | |
| 19 September 2010 | |
| 9.30-11.30 | Session 3 |
| Taneli Kukkonen (University of Jyväskylä) Receptive to Reality: Al-Ghazali on the Essence of the Soul | |
| Ayman Shihadeh (SOAS) Twelfth-Century Ash‘ari Attitudes to Avicenna’s Theory of the Soul | |
| Jules Janssens (Catholic University of Leuven) Fakhr al-Din al-Razi on the Soul: A Critical Approach to Avicenna | |
| 12.00-13.20 | Session 4 |
| Lukas Muehlethaler (Free University of Berlin / ERC) Ibn Kammuna on the Pre-Eternity of the Human Soul | |
| Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute) Soul and Body in the Arabic Magical Tradition | |
Enquiries
Enquiries about the programme
Dr Ayman Shihadeh, as117@soas.ac.uk
Organiser: Centres & Programmes Office
