Introduction

Philosophy cannot be chained to regional spaces and conserved in sequenced times. Geographical, religious, cultural, social, or other attributions are only approximations of phenomena and are subsumed under specific terminologies and cultural or religious settings. Philosophical thoughts are in continuous flux, permanently overlacing and interweaving inter-, cross- and transculturally beyond defined geographical spaces. They can be compared to long physical waves that continue to move through time and space, thus extending from prescriptural periods onwards beyond our present time. Even though they may date back a long time, they have not lost actual relevance as they envision a long flourishing of prefactual thinking and science (Tatsachenwissenschaft), which was inspired cosmologically. Islamic philosophy reveals such a rich heritage of knowledge and insights that cannot be locked away in history. In contrast, Islamic and Asian philosophy in general bears potential for the future, not least in light of eco-imagination and vision.