Islamic philosophy and Occidental phenomenology in dialogue : the logos of life and cultural interlacing

The contributions, composed in this volume, are inspired not only by the necessity but also by the potentialities of a process which continues and deepens cross-cultural understanding, especially between Islamic and Western philosophy. Following the tradition of an East-Western symphony of thoughts, the authors focus on common horizons and while applying comparative and historical approaches, varieties of unity appear on the ways towards a New Enlightenment. The creative force, orchestrating the harmony in the web of Life, communicates in the mean time with the capacities of human beings, advancing in deciphering its micro-macrocosmic dimensions. Here, the encounter of the Logos of Life Philosophy (A-T. Tymieniecka) and Islamic Philosophy open the space for constructive disputation. In the wake of the crisis of postmodern unknowability, paths towards a new critique of reason go hand in hand with fundamental issues, being reflected newly. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 A Metamorphic Logos for Post-metaphysics. From the Phenomenology of Life....Pages 9-23 The Effect of Illumination on the Way Back from Aristotle to Plato....Pages 25-35 The ‘High Point’ of Thought: On the Future Thrust of all Transcendence....Pages 37-42 The Sources of Truth in the History of Philosophy....Pages 43-55 Necessity and Chance: The Metaphysical Dilemma....Pages 57-68 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 The Seal of Philosophy: Tymieniecka’s Phenomenology of Life Versus Islamic Metaphysics....Pages 71-101 Confrontation et réconciliation entre l’Islam et l’Occident....Pages 103-112 The Question of Divinity in Newton’s and al-Biruni’s Philosophies of Mathematics: A Comparative Perspective....Pages 113-123 Algorithms in the Twentieth Century....Pages 125-128 Ontologization of Ethics or Ethicization of Ontology – A Comparative Approach on Plotinus and al-Ghazali....Pages 129-141 Avicenna and Husserl: Comparative Aspects....Pages 143-159 Interpreting the Divine Word and Appropriating a Text: The Farāhī-Ricoeur Thematic Affinity....Pages 161-172 Dieu et son mirage : L’exégèse druze de Coran 24:39....Pages 173-183 c Aql al-Kullî Meets the Logos of Life: A Cross-Cultural Path Towards a New Enlightenment....Pages 185-194 Back Matter....Pages 195-196