Substance and attribute: Western and Islamic traditions in dialogue ; [workshop ... as an integrated part of the 29th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg ...in August 2006]

Table of Contents; Preface; Substances, Attributes, and Modes -Substantial Structures in Descartes, Spinoza and LeibnizHANS BURKHARDT, MUNICH; Mulla Sadra's Theory of Substantial MotionMOHAMMAD FANAEI ESHKEVARI, QOM; A Report on Graduate Work in Qom on theProblems of Essence/Attribute andSubstance/AccidentNARJES JAVANDEL SOUMEAHSARAEI, * QOM; Aristotle and Farabi on the Definitionand Priority of SubstanceMOHSEN JAVADI, QOM; A Formal Analysis of Selected Proofsby Aquinas for the Uniqueness of GodTOMASZ KAKOL, BYDGOSZCZ; Reshaping the Concept of Substance:The Renegade OckhamHANS KRAML, INNSBRUCK.

Main description: The aim of this volume is to investigate the topic of Substance and Attribute. The way leading to this aim is a dialogue between Islamic and Western Philosophy. Our project is motivated by the observation that the historical roots of Islamic and of Western Philosophy are very similar. Thus some of the articles in this volume are dedicated to the history of philosophy, in Islamic thinking as well as in Western traditions. But the dialogue between Islamic and Western Philosophy is not only an historical issue, it also has systematic relevance for actual philosophical questions. The topic Substance and Attribute particularly has an important history in both traditions; and it has systematic relevance for the actual ontological debate. The volume includes contributions (among others) by Hans Burkhardt, Hans Kraml, Muhammad Legenhausen, Michal Loux, Pedro Schmechtig, Muhammad Shomali, Erwin Tegtmeier, and Daniel von Wachter.