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Islamic philosophy

Academic study of philosophy derived from the tradition and teachings of Islam
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Summary

Islamic philosophy is a branch of philosophy[1]. It draws 1,880 Wikipedia views per month (branch of philosophy category, ranking #16 of 63).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: topic[3], academic discipline[4], field of work[5], cultural movement[6]
  • Part of: religious philosophy[7], Islamic theology[8], Middle Eastern philosophy[9], philosophy[10]
  • Commons category: Islamic philosophy[11]
  • Said to be the same as: Arab philosophy[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Islamic philosophy[13]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], History Of Islamic Philosophy[16]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://islam.stackexchange.com/tags/islamic-philosophy[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
  • Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 189.1[19]

Why It Matters

Islamic philosophy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Abulfeda Ahmad Sirhindi Al-Ghazali Al-Jahiz Al-Kindi al-Ma'arri Averroes Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Fethullah Gülen Hasan-i Sabbah Nasir al-Din al-Tusi philosophy Rumi Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . History Of Islamic Philosophy. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bn', 'btm', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'd
    Gnd id → 4137531-2
    Sitelink count → 67
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  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → philosophy-islamic
    Svkkl authority id → 0200832-islamska-filozofie
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → branch of philosophy, topic, academic discipline +2
    Part of → religious philosophy, Islamic theology, Middle Eastern philosophy +1
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Said to be the same as → Arab philosophy
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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