Classification of Knowledge in Islam: A Study in Islamic Philosophies of Science

Abstract

Foreward by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Acknowledgments List of Transliterations Introduction General Domain of Study Classifications Chosen for Study The Nature and Scope of the Present Study Contemporary Scholarship on the Subject Part One. Al-Farabi: 1. The Life, Works and Significance of al-Farabi 2. Al-Farabi's Psychology in Its Relation to the Hierarchy of the Sciences 3. The Methodological Basis of the Hierarchy of the Sciences 4. The Ontological and Ethical Bases of the Hierarchy of the Sciences 5. Classification and Description of Linguistic Science and Logic 6. Classification and Description of the Philosophical Sciences Part Two. Al-Ghazzali: 7. The Life, Works and Significance of al-Ghazzali 8. Al-Ghazzali's Classification of Seekers After Knowledge 9. Al-Ghazzali Classification of the Sciences Part Three. Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi: 10. The Life, Works and Significance of Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi 11. Qutb al-Din's Classification of the Sciences Conclusion A Selected Bibliography.

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