| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Culture and civilization in the Middle East |
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Culture and civilisation in the Middle East
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| Contents |
1. Introductory materials to the study of chapter 6 of the Muqaddima -- 2. Man as thinking animal : a philosophical introduction to human psychology and the establishment of social organisation -- 3. The division of the sciences -- 4. The intellectual sciences (al-'ulūm al-'aqliyya) -- 5. Scholarship as a science and pedagogical method -- 6. Language and literature -- 7. Conclusions and findings |
| Summary |
This is an analytical examination of Ibn Khaldun's epistemology, centred on Chapter Six of the Muqaddima. In this chapter, entitled The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al'Ilm), Ibn Khaldun sketched his general ideas about knowledge and science and its relationship with human social organisation and the establishment of a civilisation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406. Kitāb al-ʿibar. Muqaddimah.
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Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406 -- Contributions in the theory of knowledge
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Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406 |
| SUBJECT |
Kitāb al-ʻibar (Ibn Khaldūn) fast |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Theory of.
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Islamic civilization.
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epistemology.
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REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
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Islamic civilization
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Knowledge, Theory of
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002037181 |
| ISBN |
020363389X |
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9780203633892 |
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9780415302852 |
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0415302854 |
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9781134413812 |
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1134413815 |
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9781134413768 |
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1134413769 |
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9781134413805 |
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1134413807 |
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9780415612753 |
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0415612756 |
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