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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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International Institute of Islamic Thought, publisher.
Description
214 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Knowledge, Theory of (Islam)
  • Knowledge, Theory of
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