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The Epistemology of Ibn Khaldun (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East) [Hardcover]

Zaid Ahmad (Author)

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Publication Date: July 22, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0415302854 | ISBN-13: 978-0415302852 | Edition: 1

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.

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About the Author

Zaid Ahmad is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Civilizational Studies at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Ethics, Islamic Thought, History and Civilizational Studies. Among his latest publications is 'Epistemology and Human Dimension in Urban Studies', in Urban Issues and Challenges, Kuala Lumpur.

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Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 22, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415302854
ISBN-13: 978-0415302852
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
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Ihn Khaldim, Ihn Khald�n, Ihn Khaldiin, Ihn Khaldun, Ihn Khald�n, Ihn Khald�m, Ihn Khalditn, Ihn Khaldian, Ihn Khaldin, Ibn Khaldiin, Ibn Khald�n, Ihn Simi, Aristotle's Organon, Bedouin Arabic, Ibn Khald�n

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This book cites 36 books:

The Arabic Language by Kees Versteegh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
The New Islamic Dynasties by Clifford E. Bosworth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences: Essays on Language, Action and Interpretation by Paul Ricoeur in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Wealth of Nations (Bantam Classics) by Adam Smith in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Division of Labor in Society by Emile Durkheim in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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