𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐛𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 - Peter Adamson

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna, d. 1037 CE) was the most influential philosopher of the classical period in Islam. His impact on philosophy in Europe is well known, and there is plenty of research on the use of Avicennan ideas in figures like Aquinas. What is less commonly appreciated is that Ibn Sīnā had a massive and long-running impact on philosophy in the Islamic East. This talk will focus on the initial stages of that tradition, discussing reactions to Ibn Sīnā's ideas beginning around the time of al-Ghazāli (d. 1111) and following the story up through the end of the 13th century.