Islam, Causality, and Freedom: From the Medieval to the Modern Era

by Özgür Koca

In this volume, Ozgur Koca offers a comprehensive survey of Islamic accounts of causality and freedom from the medieval to the modern era, as well as contemporary relevance. His book is an invitation for Muslims and non-Muslims to explore a rich, but largely forgotten, aspect of Islamic intellectual history. Here, he examines how key Muslim thinkers, such as Ibn Sina, Ghazali, Ibn Rushd, Ibn Arabi, Suhrawardi, Jurjani, Mulla Sadra and Nursi, among others, conceptualized freedom in the created order as an extension of their perception of causality. Based on this examination, Koca identifies and explores some of the major currents in the debate on causality and freedom. He also discusses the possible implications of Muslim perspectives on causality for contemporary debates over religion and science.

296 pages, Hardcover

Published July 16, 2020

Reviews

[Arman Firman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm thrilled!

The book discusses Ashari, Mashshai, Ishraqi and Sufi perspectives. Really wanted an Athari perspective but Dr Koca doesn't discuss it.

Asharite occasionalism presumably fails modern science. Participatory accounts of Masshaiyun and Ishraqiyun seem more plausible.