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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The Incoherence of the Incoherence title The Incoherence of the Incoherence