Open AccessIbn Hazm of Cordoba and the Value of Science
Author(s) -
Rafael Ramón Guerrero
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista española de filosofía medieval/revista española de filosofía medieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2530-7878
pISSN - 1133-0902
DOI - 10.21071/refime.v25i.11632
Subject(s) - arabic , extant taxon , islam , value (mathematics) , islamic philosophy , epistemology , philosophy , arabic literature , literature , classics , sociology , history , linguistics , art , mathematics , theology , biology , statistics , evolutionary biology
The concept of science moulded by the Islamic world was shaped by the Koran and the Greek notion of science, transmitted through translations of Greek texts into Arabic. Ibn Hazm’s repre-sentation of science and philosophy is based on that very concept. He is the first Andalucian we find whose extant texts recognise the value of the sciences.