Medievalists.net » Al-Ghazali http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Religious and Scientific Duality of Thought: How Ibn Rushd and al-Ghazili Set the Agenda for Medieval Scholastic Debates http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/17/religious-and-scientific-duality-of-thought-how-ibn-rushd-and-al-ghazili-set-the-agenda-for-medieval-scholastic-debates/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/17/religious-and-scientific-duality-of-thought-how-ibn-rushd-and-al-ghazili-set-the-agenda-for-medieval-scholastic-debates/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:54:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31825 Ibn Rushd’s response to al-Ghazili ’s rather specious use of logic introduces the differentiation of religious and “scientific” or philosophical truths: an important, necessary, and previously unarticulated distinction which reverberated in the cathedrals and universities of Europe and which remains relevant for contemporary thinkers faced with similar dilemmas.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/17/religious-and-scientific-duality-of-thought-how-ibn-rushd-and-al-ghazili-set-the-agenda-for-medieval-scholastic-debates/feed/ 0 Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/whom-did-al-ghazal-meet-an-exchange-of-embassies-between-the-arabs-from-al-andalus-and-the-vikings/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/whom-did-al-ghazal-meet-an-exchange-of-embassies-between-the-arabs-from-al-andalus-and-the-vikings/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20969 Whom did al-Ghazal meet? An Exchange of Embassies Between the Arabs From al-Andalus and the Vikings Pons-Sanchez, Sara M. Saga Book, Vol.28 (2004) Abstract The Vikings terrorised most of western Europe from the end of the eighth century to approximately the middle of the eleventh century. The Iberian Peninsula was no exception, though the Viking raids […]

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