Abstract
In Baghdad of the first half of the twelfth century, Abū l-Barakāt al-Baġdādī not only gained notoriety as an accomplished physician but also as a resolutely independent philosopher. In his philosophical summa, the Book of Evidence, he provided incisive criticism of a number of Avicennan Peripatetic theses that made for novel philosophical insights into concepts of space, time and motion, a priori knowledge and self-awareness, unity of soul and intellect, and God’s knowledge.
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Marcotte, R.D. (2019). Abū L-Barakāt al-Baġdādī. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1151-5_6-2
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