Classification of knowledge in Islam : a study in Islamic philosophies of science / Osman Bakar ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

By: Osman BakarMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, U.K. : Islamic Texts Society, c1998Description: xvii, 312 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0946621713; 9780946621712Subject(s): Islamic philosophy | Classification of sciences -- History | Science -- Philosophy -- History | Fārābī | Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 | Quṭb al-Shīrāzī, Maḥmūd ibn Masʻūd, 1236 or 1237-1310 or 1311DDC classification: 001/.01/2 LOC classification: B741 | .C53 1998Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
The life, works, and significance of al-Fārābī -- Al-Fārābī -- The methodological basis of the hierarchy of the sciences -- The ontological and the ethical bases of the hierarchy of the sciences -- Classification and description of linguistic science and logic -- Classification and description of the philosophical sciences -- The life, works, and significance of al-Ghazzālī -- Al-Ghazzālī's classification of seekers after knowledge -- Al-Ghazzālī's classification of the sciences -- The life, works, and significance of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī -- Quṭb al-Dīn's classification of the sciences -- The philosophical bases of the three classifications : similarities and differences.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The life, works, and significance of al-Fārābī -- Al-Fārābī -- The methodological basis of the hierarchy of the sciences -- The ontological and the ethical bases of the hierarchy of the sciences -- Classification and description of linguistic science and logic -- Classification and description of the philosophical sciences -- The life, works, and significance of al-Ghazzālī -- Al-Ghazzālī's classification of seekers after knowledge -- Al-Ghazzālī's classification of the sciences -- The life, works, and significance of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī -- Quṭb al-Dīn's classification of the sciences -- The philosophical bases of the three classifications : similarities and differences.

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