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Dr Fedor Benevich (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 28 October 2026

Testimonial Knowledge in Islamic Philosophy

Fedor Benevich, senior lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, received his PhD at the LMU Munich and worked in the DFG-funded research project “The Heirs of Avicenna: Philosophy in the Islamic East from the 12th to the 13th Century." His research focuses on the history of metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind in the Islamic world, the critical adaptation of ancient philosophical theories in the Arabic intellectual tradition, Islamic philosophical theology (kalām), and post-classical Islamic philosophy.