Epistemology of the Quran Elements of a Virtue Approach to Knowledge and Understanding /

• Main Author: Adeel, M. Ashraf (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, 29
• Subjects: Islam.; Epistemology.; Philosophy, Asian.; Non-Western Philosophy.

This book examines all verses of the Quran involving knowledge related concepts. It begins with the argument that an analysis of the Quranic concept of ignorance points to epistemic virtues that can pave our way towards gaining knowledge and/or understanding. It deals with the Quranic concepts of pe...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Epistemic Concepts in the Quran
• 2. From Ignorance to Knowledge: Deriving Epistemic Virtues from the Quranic Conception of Ignorance
• 3. Quran on Knowledge: An Analysis of Etymological Variants of 'i-l-m in the Text
• 4. On Understanding
• 5. Epistemic Virtues in the Quran and the Role of Epistemic Conscience
• 6. Value-Problem in Contemporary Western Epistemology and the Quranic Concept of Understanding
• 7. Concept of Wisdom in the Quran
• 8. Implications of the Quranic Epistemology for Religion and Secularism.