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Three quick observations may prove helpful in setting out, two of which concern the title of the book, and the third its content. First, the average Western reader might find the use of the word reason in association with Islam somewhat incongruous, especially given the horrors that various groups around the world are committing in the name of this religion today. The work at hand does not mean to dismiss the phenomenon, nor does it propose to study it. Rather, its aim is to take a historical look at the rise and use of reason in early Islam. Since the term has many different, but wholly legitimate, meanings across cultures-and within Islam itself-it is advisable to specify how it is understood here. In this context, it simply refers to a methodical and systematic approach to analyzing problems: the "philosophical" ways that ideas were entertained and discussed, regardless of the "discipline" to which they belonged (e.g., philosophy, linguistics, jurisprudence, or any of the other, traditional or science fields). Islamic history has many aspects, of course; while broaching adjacent terrain, this book focuses on the evolution of reason in the manner described. In turn, story undersc

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN