Islam & Natural Philosophy: Principles of Daqiq al-Kalam

Islam & Natural Philosophy: Principles of Daqiq al-Kalam presents the works of theologians regarding Natural Philosophy including their views on space, time, motion, matter and the rest of the natural world. These topics, called “Daqi?q al-Kala?m” complement the other part of kala?m regarding divinity (Ilahiyat), called “Jalil al-Kala?m”. The novel contribution of Altaie is his discovery that the scholars based their arguments on five basic principles:

• Temporality
• Atomism
• Continual re-creation
• Contingency and Indeterminacy of the world
• Integrity of space and time