Author : Ibrahim Kalin
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199735247
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy by : Ibrahim Kalin
Download or read book Knowledge in Later Islamic Philosophy written by Ibrahim Kalin and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of knowledge has occupied a central place in the Islamic intellectual tradition. While Muslim philosophers haveadopted the Greek ideas of knowledge, they have also developed new approaches and broadened the study of knowledge. The challenge of reconciling revealed knowledge with unaided reason and intuitive knowledge has led to an extremely productive debate among Muslims intellectuals in the classicalperiod. In a culture where knowledge has provided both spiritual perfection and social status, Muslim scholars have created a remarkable discourse of knowledge and vastly widened the scope of what it means to know.