Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Egg BEFORE the Chicken???

Rushd tries to shed light upon the question of the egg before the chicken question.  Is there existence from non-existence?  How by using God’s “agents” he who created all things creates different agents that are “natural” and “voluntary”?  A natural agent does their…

Creating a “New” Rhetoric

I completely agree with what Joel has written about the sense of caring and sharing in the Nyaya rhetorical perspective.  It appears that within that system of dialogue and debate, the goal is to come to a common understanding of…

Nyaya Poster Boy

The feeling I get when I read about Nyaya is one of sharing, compatibility, and caring.  I feel that the rhetorical form of Nyaya is concerned with finding common ground in regards to the truth between two parties as opposed…

Rushd

Rushd’s “The Incoherence of The Incoherence” deals with one of the, if not the, most complex and paradoxical arguments of all time: By what means was the universe created? In defense of Aristotle, Rushd describes the concept of the unmoved…

Commentary 4

Despite our attempts at “everyone’s a winner” in the U.S., we still have a competitive mentality that seems like it’s engrained into our DNA. We have contests for everything (hotdog eating anyone?), and reward people who come in first, oftentimes…

Week 5: Incoherence of the Incoherence

“The Incoherence of the Incoherence” written by Averroes challenges al-Ghazali’s argument in his text “The Incoherence of the Philosophers”.  Al-Ghazali’s work attacks philosophers (specifically Aristotle) with 20 points, challenging many Aristotlelian beliefs regarding the eternity of the world and God’s “will”. …