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The Incoherence of the Incoherence

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The Incoherence of the Incoherence (Arabic: تهافت التهافت Tahāfut al-Tahāfut) by Andalusian Muslim polymath and philosopher Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد, romanized: Ibn Rushd, 1126–1198) is an important Islamic philosophical treatise in which the author defends the use of Aristotelian philosophy within Islamic thought.

It was written in the style of a dialogue against al-Ghazali's claims in The Incoherence of the Philosophers (Tahāfut al-Falasifa), which criticized Neoplatonic thought.

Originally written in Arabic, The Incoherence of the Incoherence was subsequently translated into many other languages. The book is considered Ibn Rushd's landmark; in it, he tries to create harmony between faith and philosophy.

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Philosophers who discussed The Incoherence of the Incoherence

• Averroes

Related ideas

• Faith
• Avicenna
• Philosophy
• Al-Ghazali
• Avicennism
• Islamic philosophy
• Dialogue
• Early Islamic philosophy
• Al-Farabi
• Ash'arism
• Christians
• Muslims
• Averroism
• The Incoherence of the Philosophers
• Neoplatonism
• Polymath
• Jews
• Spain
• Sufism
• Aristotle
• Aristotelianism
• Al-Andalus
• Quran
• Logic

Place in the tradition

Part of Averroism.

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