Tahafut al-Tahafut

E658341

Tahafut al-Tahafut is a major philosophical work by Ibn Rushd (Averroes) that systematically defends Aristotelian philosophy and critiques al-Ghazali’s attacks on the philosophers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tahafut al-Tahafut canonical 3
Tahāfut al-Tahāfut 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addressesTopic causality ⓘ
creation ⓘ
divine knowledge ⓘ
eternity of the world ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
relationship between philosophy and revelation ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
author Averroes ⓘ
Ibn Rushd ⓘ
linked to: Averroes
countryOfOrigin Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty
criticizesAuthor Abu Hamid al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali
criticizesWork Tahafut al-Falasifa ⓘ
defends Aristotelian metaphysics ⓘ
Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
philosophers (falasifa) ⓘ
genre philosophical treatise ⓘ
polemical work ⓘ
theological critique ⓘ
historicalPeriod 12th century ⓘ
influenced Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Latin Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists

Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

later Islamic philosophers ⓘ
medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
method dialectical argumentation ⓘ
systematic refutation ⓘ
notableFor major contribution to Islamic philosophical theology ⓘ
systematic defense of Aristotelian philosophy against al-Ghazali ⓘ
philosophicalPosition compatibility of philosophy and Islam ⓘ
critique of occasionalism ⓘ
defense of demonstrative reasoning ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism ⓘ
Islamic Aristotelianism ⓘ
Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Peripatetic school
relatedWorkByAuthor Fasl al-Maqal ⓘ
Kitab al-Kashf ‘an Manahij al-Adilla ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
structure dialogue with al-Ghazali’s arguments ⓘ
title Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
translatedTitle The Incoherence of the Incoherence ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tahafut al-Falasifa → hasResponseWork → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
The Incoherence of the Incoherence → originalTitle → Tahāfut al-Tahāfut ⓘ
linked to: Tahafut al-Tahafut
Aben Rushd → notableWork → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
Faṣl al-Maqāl → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tahāfut al-Tahāfut ⓘ
linked to: Tahafut al-Tahafut
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla → relatedWorkByAuthor → Tahāfut al-Tahāfut ⓘ
linked to: Tahafut al-Tahafut
Tahafut al-Tahafut → title → Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ