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The Research Group ArPhil (Arabic-Islamic Philosophy) is interested in the philosophical, theological and scientific thought of Arabic-Islamic intellectuals in the Middle Ages, with special reference to Avicenna, al-Ġazālī, and Averroes.
Members are engaged in reading groups and an ongoing seminar.
Meetings
Meetings
Check the series of seminars and events organized in the framework of FIS Project SPACE,
in which ArPhil members are currently involved.
Current members
Current members
Meet our Arabists!
Amos Bertolacci
Amos Bertolacci
Full Professor, Director of the Unit
Avicenna's metaphysics, with special reference to the Ilāhiyyāt of the Kitāb al-Šifāʾ; Averroes' metaphysics; the reception of Aristotle's metaphysics in Arabic; the encyclopaedia of philosophy in Avicenna
Marco Signori
Marco Signori
Abū Ḥāmid al-Ġazālī and his relationship with Avicenna's philosophy; Arabic medieval psychology, psychophysiology, and meteorology; Arabic classifications of the sciences
Zahra Donyai
Zahra Donyai
Research Collaborator (SPACE)
al-Fārābī's and Avicenna's philosophical thought; Arabic logic, with special reference to sophistry and dialectics
Ginevra Tozzi
Ginevra Tozzi
Arabic-Islamic logic, with special reference to the Arabic reception of Aristotle's Peri hermeneias, esp. in Avicenna's K. al-ʿIbāra in the K. al-Šifāʾ
Germano Gorga
Germano Gorga
Arabic astronomy, with special regard to the reception of Ptolemy and Greek astronomical knowledge; Avicenna's Hayʾa in the K. al-Šifāʾ
Mohammad Sami Ulqani
Mohammad Sami Ulqani
Arabic-Islamic philosophy and theology; Mullā Ṣadra's commentary on Avicenna's Ilāhiyyāt
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