Islam, Causality, and Freedom - Özgür Koca

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Biographie:
Ozgur Koca is an assistant professor of Islamic Studies and Philosophy at Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School. His research focus is on Islamic Philosophy-Theology, Sufism, and Science and Religion Discussion.

Sommaire:
1. Causality in the early period: M?tazilites and the birth of Ash?arite occasionalism; 2. Towards a synthesis of Aristotelian and Neo-Platonic understandings of causality: the case of Ibn S?n?; 3. Occasionalism in the middle period: the cases of Ghaz?l? and R?z?; 4. The first as pure act and causality: the case of Ibn Rushd; 5. Light, existence, and causality: the Illimunationist School and the case of Suhraward?; 6. The world as a theophany and causality: Sufi metaphysics and the case of Ibn ?Arab?; 7. Continuities and developments in Sufi metaphysics: the cases of Q?naw? and Qay?ar?; 8. Towards an occasionalist philosophy of science: the case of Jurj?n?; 9. Causality and freedom in later Islamic philosophy: the case of Mull? ?adr?; 10. Occasionalism in the modern context: the case of Said Nursi; 11. A discussion on Islamic theories of causality in the modern context.