Loyola University Chicago

Department of Philosophy

PHIL 308: Islamic Philosophy

Phil 308: Islamic Philosophy

The Generic Catalog Description

This course covers the development of classical Islamic philosophy from 800 to 1200 AD. Attention will be given to the central topics (God, the cosmos, knowledge, the human good) with which Muslim philosophers were concerned and two major figures such as al-Kindi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna),  al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd (Averroes). 


 

Phil 308: Islamic Philosophy

Seyed Mousavian

This course covers the development of classical Islamic philosophy from 800 to 1200 CE. Attention will be given to the central topics (God, the cosmos, knowledge, the human good) with which Muslim philosophers were concerned and to major figures such as Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna). Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd (Averroes).

This course fulfills a Writing Intensive (WI) requirement.