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The foundation of knowledge : a comparative study in Islamic and western methods of inquiry / Louay Safi.
- Title
- The foundation of knowledge : a comparative study in Islamic and western methods of inquiry / Louay Safi.
- Author
- Ṣāfī, Luʼayy,
- Publication
- Herndon, VA : The International Institute of Islamic Thought, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Additional Authors
- International Institute of Islamic Thought, publisher.
- Description
- 214 pages; 23 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-208) and index.
- Contents
- Going full circle : human knowledge and the imperative of metaphysics -- Textual analysis : rules of direct inference (Mayan) -- Logical analysis : rules of systematic inference -- Science and the problematic of metaphysical knowledge -- Empirical analysis : rules of inductive inference -- Naturalistic methods and the peculiarity of social studies -- Towards an integrative approach to studying social phenomena.
- ISBN
- 9781565644786
- 1565644786
- 9781565644794 (canceled/invalid)
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries