The Epistemology of Ibn Khaldun

Zaid Ahmad (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2003
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-30285-2 (ISBN)

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This is an analytical examination of Ibn Khaldun's epistemology, centred on Chapter Six of the Muqaddima. In this chapter, entitled The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al'Ilm), Ibn Khaldun sketched his general ideas about knowledge and science and its relationship with human social organisation and the establishment of a civilisation.

Zaid Ahmad is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Civilizational Studies at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Ethics, Islamic Thought, History and Civilizational Studies. Among his latest publications is 'Epistemology and Human Dimension in Urban Studies', in Urban Issues and Challenges, Kuala Lumpur.

GENERAL INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 OF THE MUQADDIMA; Chapter 2 MAN AS THINKING ANIMAL; Chapter 3 THE DIVISION OF THE SCIENCES; Chapter 4 The INTELLECTUAL SCIENCES; Chapter 5 SCHOLARSHIP AS A SCIENCE AND PEDAGOGICAL METHOD; Chapter 6 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS AND FINDINGS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.5.2003
Reihe/Serie	Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-30285-4 / 0415302854
ISBN-13	978-0-415-30285-2 / 9780415302852
Zustand	Neuware