1.2.1 How Do We Know?
What is the relationship between language, knowledge, and reality?
What is the relationship between language, knowledge, and reality?
Abu Mansur Maturidi (d. 944) proposes a theory of knowledge in his theological Treatise on Divine Unicity. (Meena Kadri/”Jamalpur Veil”)
Renowned theologian and philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) proposed an approach to reconcile revelation and reason. (Carlotta Roma/”Family”)
Saʿd al-Din Taftazani (d. 1390), a Persian polymath, argued that, by his time, theology had become virtually indistinguishable from philosophy. (Marc Veraart/”xSyrie2”)
Scholar and theologian Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 1209) distinguishes propositions that rely on rational proofs versus revelation. (hadoken/”Kul Sharif Mosque”)