Das Transzendentale bei Ibn Sīnā: Zur Metaphysik als Wissenschaft erster Begriffs- und Urteilsprinzipien

Review Es ist das große Verdienst dieser Arbeit, eine oft zitierte, aber nie hinreichend erklärte Textstelle aus dem Werk Ibn Sīnās, auf großartige Weise zu entschlüsseln und zu kommentieren und damit die Grundlage für den so dringend notwendigen Vergleich des ursprünglichen Ansatzes einer transzendental verstandenen Metaphysik und seiner späteren Umformungen durch europäische Philosophen zu leben. Stephan Conermann, Sehepunkte, 2010World Prize for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran, February 2011 Product Description Following al-Frbs approach, Ibn Sn (d. 428/1037) undertakes a new foundation of the First Philosophy based on his own critical systematisation of the Aristotelian theory of science, yielding the result that metaphysics is only possible as a transcendental science, i.e. that not only the subject-matter of metaphysics and its properties but also the arguments by which the first principles of knowledge are defended must be transcendental. This book provides the first systematic reconstruction of Ibn Sn's concept of metaphysics, and, given the considerable influence his achievement had on the Islamic tradition as well as on scholastic philosophers, it is relevant to the study of the history of metaphysics, Islamic theology (kalm), and Arabic philosophy. From the Back Cover Following al-F r b s approach, Ibn S n (d. 428/1037) undertakes a new foundation of the First Philosophy based on his own critical systematisation of the Aristotelian theory of science, yielding the result that metaphysics is only possible as a transcendental science, i.e. that not only the subject-matter of metaphysics and its properties but also the arguments by which the first principles of knowledge are defended must be transcendental. This book provides the first systematic reconstruction of Ibn S n s concept of metaphysics, and, given the considerable influence his achievement had on the Islamic tradition as well as on scholastic philosophers, it is relevant to the study of the history of metaphysics, Islamic theology (kal m), and Arabic philosophy. About the Author Tiana Koutzarova, Ph.D. (2008) in Islamic Studies, University of Bonn, is currently a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn.