The foundation of knowledge : a comparative study in Islamic and western methods of inquiry /
Louay Safi
- Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia : International Islamic University Malaysia Press : International Institute of Islamic Thought, Malaysia, c1996
- x, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-200) and index
The quest for an Islamic methodology -- Textual analysis: the rules of direct inference -- Logical analysis: the rules of systematic inference -- Science and the problematic of metaphysical knowledge -- Naturalistic methods and the peculiarity of social studies -- Towards a unified approach to shariʻah and social inference