Profile

I obtained my M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Haifa, where my thesis focused on the philosophical mysticism of the Sufi master Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) and explored his doctrine of the “Oneness of Being” through the lens of contemporary logic. Currently, I am interested in the history of post-Avicennan philosophy and theology and working on the thought of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/ 1210), seen by many as the towering figure and one of the leading commentators of Avicenna during this era. My dissertation investigates Rāzī’s theory of the afterlife, especially as developed and refined in his later magnum opus al-Maṭālib al-ʿāliya. Prior to joining RUB, I was a PhD candidate at Freie Universität Berlin and Trier University.

Research Interests

• Philosophy and theology after Ibn Sīnā (d. 428/1037), LW: Avicenna
• The thought of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 505/1111)
•  The reception of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī in the Islamic east, especially by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 672/ 1274) and his circle
• Islamic Metaphysics, cosmology, “psychology” (ʿilm al-nafs), theodicy  
• Philosophical Sufism

Research Projects

PhD dissertation: “Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Afterlife in “The Sublime Issues: Harmonizing Philosophy and Theology”

Publications

• Review (2022): Frank Griffel The Formation of Post Classical Philosophy in Islam. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press 2021. Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 29 (1):256-259.
• Review (2023): Michael-Sebastian Noble. Philosophising the Occult. Avicennan Psychology and ‘The Hidden Secret of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter 2021. Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval 30 (1): 225-228. 
•  (Forthcoming, De Gruyter): “Psychology in the Service of Cosmology: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s solution to an Avicennan Puzzle”

Presentations and Papers

• Intellectual Perfections: The Human Souls Desire to imitate the Higher Principles in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī. FAU, Erlangen, September 2022.
• Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Afterlife: Reconstructing Destination (al-Maʿād) in the al-Maṭālib al-ʿāliya Radboud University, May 2024