The Incoherence of the Incoherence

E311954

The Incoherence of the Incoherence is a landmark philosophical work by Averroes that defends Aristotelian rationalism against al-Ghazali’s theological critique and became a cornerstone of medieval Islamic and Western thought.

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instanceOf Islamic philosophical text ⓘ
book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aim to defend philosophy against theological criticism ⓘ
to reconcile philosophy with Islamic doctrine ⓘ
author Averroes ⓘ
Ibn Rushd ⓘ
linked to: Averroes
centralTheme causality ⓘ
compatibility of reason and revelation ⓘ
divine knowledge ⓘ
eternity of the world ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
relationship between philosophy and religion ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
criticizes al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali
defends Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
philosophical demonstration ⓘ
rational inquiry ⓘ
genre Islamic philosophy ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
historicalPeriod medieval period ⓘ
influenced Jewish medieval philosophy ⓘ
Latin scholasticism ⓘ
Western medieval philosophy ⓘ
medieval Islamic philosophy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject Aristotelian rationalism ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

Islamic theology ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
method Aristotelian logical analysis ⓘ
dialectical refutation ⓘ
notableFor influence on later Averroist debates in Europe ⓘ
systematic defense of Aristotelian rationalism ⓘ
opposesWork The Incoherence of the Philosophers ⓘ
originalTitle Tahāfut al-Tahāfut ⓘ
linked to: Tahafut al-Tahafut
philosophicalContext Islamic Aristotelianism ⓘ
linked to: Islamic philosophy
philosophicalSchool Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists
regionOfInfluence Islamic world ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
respondsTo The Incoherence of the Philosophers ⓘ
structure dialogue with al-Ghazali’s arguments ⓘ
title The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ
tradition Aristotelianism ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ

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Arabic literature → hasNotableWork → The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ
The Incoherence of the Philosophers → influenced → The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ
The Incoherence of the Philosophers → wasAnsweredBy → The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ
The Incoherence of the Incoherence → title → The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ
Tahafut al-Tahafut → translatedTitle → The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ