
HoP 182 - Aftermath - Philosophy and Science in the Mongol Age
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Importance of Astronomy in Islamic Culture
Kutub Adin tried to solve an age-old problem that had already bedeviled the ancients. He defended Occam's razor-style preference for simple scientific explanations on theological grounds. Ibn Anafis made one of the most remarkable medical advances of the Islamic world. The text in which he announced this discovery? His own commentary on the canon of Avocenna.
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