Islamic philosophy and the ethics of belief. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthony Robert Booth.
• Authors: Booth, Anthony Robert
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Falsafa as Ethics of Belief; 1.1 Knowledge in Islam; 1.2 The Ethics of Belief in the West; 1.3 The Ethics of Belief in Islamic Philosophy; 1.3.1 Imān vs. Islam; 1.3.2 Islamic Evidentialism; 1.3.3 Moderate Evidentialism; 1.3.4 Islamic Anti-Evidentialism; 1.3.5 Moderate Anti-Evidentialism; 1.4 Concluding Remarks; Notes; Chapter 2: Certainty and Prophecy; 2.1 The Question of the Epistemic Elite; 2.2 The Conditions of Certainty; 2.3 The Active Intellect and the Prophetic Imagination; 2.4 Moderate Evidentialism Versus Moderate Anti-Evidentialism. 2.5 Concluding RemarksNotes; Chapter 3: Prophecy and Politics; 3.1 Human Perfection; 3.2 The Utopian City-State; 3.3 The Imperfect Cities, Democracy and Liberalism; 3.4 Conclusion: Towards a Neo-Pyrrhonism?; Notes; References; Arabic Works Cited (Not in Translation); Arabic Works Cited in English Translation; Secondary Sources; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 181/.07; Philosophy; Islamic philosophy; Faith -- Moral and ethical aspects; PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern; Islamic philosophy; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy -- Eastern; Philosophy -- Epistemology; Religion -- Islam -- General; Philosophy -- Religious; Ethics & moral philosophy; Non-Western philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Islam; Philosophy of religion; Ethics; Philosophy, Asian; Genetic epistemology; Islam; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137557001; 1137557001; 1137556994; 9781137556998
• Related ISBNs: 9781137556998; 1137556994
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 23, 2016).
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