Discussion of Causality Based on the Conceptions of Nature of Ibn Rushd and al-Ghazālī

Authors : Mehmet Fatih Birgül

Pages : 241-258

Doi:10.12730/13091719.2010.12.16

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Publication Date : 2011-08-07

Article Type : Research

Abstract :In this short analysis, we will compare Ibn Rushd’s justification of the causality principle to the suspicions and objections of al-Ghazālī. Nevertheless, our analysis of the issue will center on al-Ghazālī’s and Ibn Rushd’s conceptions of nature. Therefore, our article aims at illuminating two points: first, there is a fundamental difference between the conceptions of nature and generation of the two philosophers; second, this structural difference constitutes the real cause of disagreement over the causality principle.
Keywords : Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazālī, causality, nature, determinism, generation., Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazālī, causality, nature, determinism, generation