The Foundation of Knowledge: A Comparative Study in Islamic and Western Methods of Inquiry
Louay Safi
Jan 2014 · International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
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The Foundation of Knowledge’s most fundamental concern is to trace the evolution of scientific methodology and to highlight Islamic scholarship’s everlasting contribution to grounding scientific research in social experience while bringing transcendental knowledge to bear on normative frameworks. In addition, the book emphasizes the need to remain open-minded to a variety of scientific approaches to social phenomena. The book is of particular interest to the students of methodology and scientific methods, as it catalogs the various approaches to systematic investigation and sheds light on the profound role early Muslim scholars played in laying the foundation of scientific knowledge.
About the author
Dr. Louay M. is director of the Center of Governance and Public Policy and Professor of political science at University of Hamid Ben Khalifa, Doha, Qatar. He writes and lectures on democracy, human rights, leadership, and Islam and the West. He is the author of fourteen books and numerous papers, including The Tensions and Transitions in the Muslim world (University Press of America, 2003) and the Qur’anic Narrative (Pragaer, 2009).
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