| FT-51618-03 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Jon McGinnis | Avicenna's Physics: Recovering the Islamic Intellectual Tradition | 6/1/2003 - 7/31/2003 | $5,000.00 | Jon | | McGinnis | | | | University of Missouri, St. Louis | St. Louis | MO | 63121 | USA | 2003 | History of Philosophy | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
The medieval Muslim scientist and philosopher Avicenna’s treatise on physics, at-Tabîcyyât, as-Samâ’ at-Tabîcî remains without any complete and English translation. The thirteen chapter long work propounds his account of such physical concepts as motion, void, space and time. I have a polished translation and commentary of four chapters, as well as an initial translation of the remaining nine chapters. I intend during the grant period to refine this initial translation both in respect of philosophical and scientific accuracy as well as general readability. This work belongs to a larger project of investigating medieval Islamic physical theory, a subject that has been under studied by both Islamicists and historians of science. |