The Epistemology of Ibn Khaldun - Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

Ahmad, Zaid

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This is an analytical examination of Ibn Khaldun's epistemology, centred on Chapter Six of the Muqaddima. In this chapter, entitled The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al'Ilm), Ibn Khaldun sketched his general ideas about knowledge and science and its relationship with human social organisation and the establishment of a civilisation.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415302852
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	29 May 2003
DEWEY:	001.092
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	540g
Height:	241mm
Width:	159mm
Spine width:	13mm