Palimpsests of Themselves

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at  www.luminosoa.org . Palimpsests of Themselves is an intervention in current discussions about the fate of philosophy in postclassical Islamic intellectual history. Asad Q. Ahmed uses as a case study the most advanced logic textbook of Muslim South Asia, The Ladder of the Sciences , presenting in English its first full translation and extended commentary. He offers detailed assessments of the technical contributions of th