Islam & Natural Philosophy: Principles of Daqiq al-Kalam

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By Basil Altaie, Beacon Books

Islam & Natural Philosophy: Principles of Daqiq al-Kalam presents the works of theologians regarding Natural Philosophy including their views on space, time, motion, matter and the rest of the natural world.

These topics, called “Daqīq al-Kalam” complement the other part of kalām regarding divinity (Ilahiyat), called “Jalil al-Kalām”. The novel contribution of Altaie is his discovery that the scholars based their arguments on five basic principles:

Temporality
Atomism
Continual re-creation
Contingency and Indeterminacy of the world
Integrity of space and time

About The Author

Basil Altaie is a scholar in theoretical physics and Islamic Kalam, and is Emeritus Visiting Professor at The University of Leeds. He has published many articles and contributed to many conferences in science and philosophy. He has published ten books in Arabic and two in English. His English books are published in the USA, UK and Malaysia.

Paperback, 320 pages