Packaged as an investigation into the phenomenon of causation, the paper serves as an introduction to a metaphysics of existence that, while not directly engaging with current debates in Western...Show morePackaged as an investigation into the phenomenon of causation, the paper serves as an introduction to a metaphysics of existence that, while not directly engaging with current debates in Western philosophy and the natural sciences, provides the contemporary framework for how existence (‘wujūd’) should be conceptualized outside the tradition of Islamic philosophy. Though tackling difficult and sometimes incomprehensible subjects, namely primitive ontology, time and the modulation of Being, the content aims to be accessible to the Western reader.Show less
