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The Inconsistency–or Incoherence–of the Philosophers
work by al-Ghazālī
Also known as: “Tahāfut al-falāsifah”
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discussed in biography
- In al-Ghazālī
…in the Tahāfut al-falāsifah (The Inconsistency—or Incoherence—of the Philosophers), in which he defended Islam against such philosophers as Avicenna who sought to demonstrate certain speculative views contrary to accepted Islamic teaching. (See Islamic philosophy for more on these philosophers.) In preparation for this major treatise, he published an objective…
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place in medieval Jewish philosophy
- In Judaism: Averroists
…on the Tahāfut al-falāsifah (“The Inconsistencies of the Philosophers”), an exposition of Avicenna’s doctrine written by the Muslim philosopher al-Ghazālī (1058–1111). Albalag’s assertion that both the teachings of the Bible and the truths demonstrated by reason must be believed even if they are contradictory raises the possibility that some…
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