David C. Reisman
BA, MA (Boston University), PhD (Yale University)
Associate Professor of Arabic-Islamic Thought
Office: 1824 University Hall
Telephone: (312) 413 3842
E-mail: dreisman@uic.edu
Areas of Research and Publication:
Classical Arabic philosophy, history of science, theology, language, and literature.
Recent Publications - Books:
- (co-editor with Jon McGinnis and translator) Classical Arabic Philosophy: An Anthology of Sources. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2007 .
- (co-editor with Jon McGinnis) Interpreting Avicenna: Science and Philosophy in
Medieval Islam. Proceedings of the Second Avicenna Study Group Colloquium. Leiden:
Brill, 2004. Pp. xviii + 255. (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science series, vol. 53).
- (editor) Before and After Avicenna. Proceedings of the First Avicenna Study
Group Colloquium. Leiden: Brill, 2003. Pp. xix + 302. (Islamic Philosophy, Theology
and Science series, vol. 51).
- The Making of the Avicennan Tradition: The Transmission, Contents, and Structure
of Ibn Sina’s al-Mubahathat (The Discussions), Leiden: Brill, 2002. Pp. xx + 333.
(Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science series, vol. 49).
Work in Progress:
- The syntax of formal arguments in medieval Arabic philosophy
- Medieval Arabic medical textbooks
Courses recently taught:
- The History of Islamic Theology
- Seminar on the Quran
- Introduction to Islam
- History of Science in the Islamic World
- Classical Arabic
- History of Islamic Philosophy
Books
This volume introduces the major classical Arabic philosophers through substantial selections from the key works (many of which appear in translation for the first time here) in each of the fields—including logic, philosophy of science, natural philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, and politics—to which they made significant contributions.
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ISBN: 978 90 04 12504 9
This volume represents a new philological approach to the study of the medieval philosopher Avicenna by investigating the manuscripts and textual transmission of his philosophical correspondence with students and colleagues.
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ISBN: 978 90 04 12978 8
This collection of papers addresses a variety of aspects of the life and thought of the medieval philosopher Avicenna including his reception of Classical philosophy, his views on topics such as metaphysics, psychology and medicine.
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ISBN: 978 90 04 13960 2
The work treats various aspects of Avicennan philosophy and science. The topics include methods for establishing an authentic Avicenna corpus, natural philosophy and science, theology and metaphysics and Avicenna's subsequent historical influence.
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