God and logic in Islam : the caliphate of reason / John Walbridge.
By: Walbridge, John.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011Description: xvi, 211 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521195348 (hbk.); 0521195349 (hbk.).Subject(s): Reason | Islamic philosophy | Logic | Faith and reason -- IslamDDC classification: 001.091767Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index.
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 FaÌ"raÌ"bian 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.