Ghazālī's epistemology : a critical study of doubt and certainty /

Focusing on Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111), one of the foremost scholars and authorities in the Muslim world who is central to the Islamic intellectual tradition, this book embarks on a study of doubt (shakk) and certainty (yaqin) in his epistemology. The book looks at Ghazali's attitude to phi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohamed, Nabil Yasien (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, [2024].
Series:	Routledge studies in Islamic philosophy.
Subjects:	Ghazzālī, > 1058-1111. Belief and doubt. Knowledge, Theory of (Islam) Islamic philosophy > Early works to 1800.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Ghazālī's Scepticism and Quest for the Foundations of Knowledge
2. Certainty at the Nexus between Reason and Religious Authority
3. Scepticism, Certainty and the Philosophical Tradition
4. Certainty within the Sufi Tradition
Epilogue
Index.