Mereology in Kalām: A New Reading of the Proof from Accidents for Creation

Abstract The objective of this article is twofold. First, it investigates mereology in medieval Islamic theology, particularly the theologians’ claim that the whole is identical to its parts and accordingly that at least some attributes common to the parts must by extension be attributed of the whol...

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Published in:Oriens
Main Author: Shihadeh, Ayman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Oriens
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 5-39
Further subjects:B Avicenna
B mereology
B Ashʿarism
B proof from accidents for creation ex nihilo
B al-Malāḥimī
B Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Baṣrī
B Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī
B Abū l-Hudhayl al-ʿAllāf
B Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
B Muʿtazilism
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