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CONTENTS – THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF IBN KHALDUN
THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF IBN KHALDUN
Introductory materials to the study of Chapter 6 of the Muqaddima 4
- Introduction 4
- Sources and influences 6
- Textual variants: short and long versions of the introductory remarks 11 The growth of the text 18
- Connection of the introductory materials with the contents of Chapter 6 19 Excursus 19
Man as thinking animal: a philosophical introduction to human psychology and the establishment of social organisation 21
- The significance of fikr 21
- The importance of co-operation (ta£%wun) 22 The process of knowledge 23
- The need for prophecy 24
- The nature of crafts and scientific instruction 25 The contemporary situation 27
- Urban culture and the improvement of the soul 29
- Urban culture and political stability improve the advancement of science 31 xcursus 32
The division of the sciences 33
- The basic division of the sciences 33 The traditional sciences 37
- The sciences of the Quran and the sunna 38
- The law 43
- The science of speculative theology (‘ilm al-kal%m) 50
- Ambiguity in the Quran and the sunna and the dogmatic schools of orthodox and innovators 58
- Sufism and the spiritual sciences 64
The intellectual sciences (al-‘ul#m al-£aqliyya) 76
- Introduction 76
- The science of logic (£ilm al-man_iq) 79 Metaphysics (£ul#m al-il%hiyy%t) 82
- The significance of the intellectual sciences (al-‘ul#m al-‘aqliyya) 86 The sciences of sorcery and the use of talismans 87
- Refutation of philosophy (ib_%l al-falsafa) 90
Scholarship as a science and pedagogical method 99
- Introduction 99
- Problems and obstacles 105
- The value of the short summary ([email protected]%r) and good pedagogical method 107
- The character of instrumental/auxiliary sciences (al-‘ul#m al-%liyya) 112
- Instruction – elementary education (ta£l+m al-wild%n) 116 Perfection in knowledge and the role of language 120 Scholars and politics 122
- Islamic scholarship: the non-Arab and the role of language 124
Language and literature 129
- Introduction 129
- The science of the Arabic language (£ul#m lis%n al-£Arab) 130 The science of literature (£ilm al-adab) 133
- Excursus 134
- The nature and development of language 135 Linguistic taste and the position of classical Arabic 142 Poetry and prose 147
- Excursus 154
7 Conclusions and findings
- Assessment of Ibn Khald#n’s theoretical foundation Concluding remarks and findings 158
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