Abstract
In Baghdad of the first half of the twelfth century, Abū al-Barakāt al-Baġdādī not only gained notoriety primarily as an accomplished physician, but also as a resolutely independent philosopher of sorts. Collected in his philosophical summa, the Book of Evidence, incisive criticism of a number of Avicennan Peripatetic views provides much novel philosophical insights into concepts of space, motion and time, self-awareness, unity of soul and intellect, the active intellect, and God’s knowledge.
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Marcotte, R.D. (2011). Abū l-Barakāt al-Baġdādī. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_6
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