1.3.3 Thinking Like a Historian
History combines the crafts of storytellers, social scientists, and lawyers. (PhotoLanda/"Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire")
1.3.4 The Imagination in Historical Studies
Does imagination have a place in the study of history? (Thomas Hawk/"Imagination")
1.3.6 The Reliability of Historical Science
How do historical ways of knowing relate to other sciences? (Roderick Eime/"Silversea Silver Explorer")
1.3.7 Ibn Khaldūn, Muqaddima
Ibn Khaldūn, Muqaddima. (amanda tipton/"it's in a book")
1.2.1 How Do We Know?
What is the relationship between language, knowledge, and reality?
1.2.2 Māturīdī, Kitāb al-Tawḥīd
Abu Mansur Maturidi (d. 944) proposes a theory of knowledge in his theological Treatise on Divine Unicity. (Meena Kadri/”Jamalpur Veil”)
1.2.3 Ghazālī, Al-Muṣtaṣfā
Renowned theologian and philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) proposed an approach to reconcile revelation and reason. (Carlotta Roma/”Family”)
1.2.4 Taftazānī, Sharḥ al-ʿAqāʾid
Saʿd al-Din Taftazani (d. 1390), a Persian polymath, argued that, by his time, theology had become virtually indistinguishable from philosophy. (Marc Veraart/”xSyrie2”)
1.2.5 Rāzī, Nihāyat al-ʿUqūl
Scholar and theologian Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 1209) distinguishes propositions that rely on rational proofs versus revelation. (hadoken/”Kul Sharif Mosque”)
1.1.1 Street Spirituality: Where Do We Come From?
How do people in the streets answer? (Markus Riedl/”Milky Way and Mars”)
