Title God and logic in Islam : the caliphate of reason / John Walbridge

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 211 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Introduction -- Part I. The formation of the Islamic tradition of reason: 1. The problem of reason in Islam: is Islam a non-rational religion and civilization?; 2. The diversity of reason; 3. Empirical knowledge of the mind of God; 4. The failure of the Fārābian synthesis of religion and philosophy; 5. Mysticism, post-classical Islamic philosophy, and the rise and fall of Islamic science -- Part II. Logic, education, and doubt: 6. Where is Islamic logic?: the triumph of scholastic rationalism in Islamic education; 7. The long afternoon of Islamic logic; 8. The institutionalization of disagreement -- Part III. The fall and the future of Islamic rationalism: 9. The decline and fall of scholastic reason in Islam; 10. A chaos of certitudes: the future of Islamic reason Summary "This book investigates the central role of reason in Islamic intellectual life. Despite widespread characterization of Islam as a system of belief based only on revelation, John Walbridge argues that rational methods, not fundamentalism, have characterized Islamic law, philosophy and education since the medieval period. His research demonstrates that this medieval Islamic rational tradition was opposed by both modernists and fundamentalists, resulting in a general collapse of traditional Islamic intellectual life and its replacement by more modern but far shallower forms of thought. However, the resources of this Islamic scholarly tradition remain an integral part of the Islamic intellectual tradition and will prove vital to its revival. The future of Islam, Walbridge argues, will be marked by a return to rationalism"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-202) and index Notes Print version record Subject Reason. Islamic philosophy. Logic. Faith and reason -- Islam. reason. REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers. Faith and reason -- Islam Islamic philosophy Logic Reason Islamische Philosophie Logik Glaube Vernunft Islamische Theologie Gott -- Islam. Islam -- Gott. Vernunft -- Islam. Islam -- Vernunft. Logik -- Islamische Philosophie. islamische philosophie logik. Islamische Philosophie. Logik. Glaube. Vernunft. Islamische Theologie. Religionsfilosofi -- islam. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511992513 0511992513 9780511761959 0511761953 9780511988721 0511988729

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