Shades of Structural Realism in Post-classical Islamic Thought

What does Islamic theology have to say about the philosophy of science? The writings of post-classical Muslim thinkers offer a wealth of understudied material relevant to conceptualizing the ontological status, scope, and character of scientific inquiry and theorization. The Islamic tradition develo...

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Auteur principal: Khan, Nazir (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 2023
Dans: Theology and science
Année: 2023, Volume: 21, Numéro: 3, Pages: 376-389
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
TG Moyen Âge central
TK Époque contemporaine
VA Philosophie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Occasionalism
B epistemic structural realism
B philosophy of science
B Islam
B scientific realism
B Religion
B ontic structural realism
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Résumé:What does Islamic theology have to say about the philosophy of science? The writings of post-classical Muslim thinkers offer a wealth of understudied material relevant to conceptualizing the ontological status, scope, and character of scientific inquiry and theorization. The Islamic tradition developed nuanced metaphysical and epistemological insights on unobservables, universals, and causality. Muslim astronomers developed sophisticated responses to perceived deficiencies in the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic model. In the contemporary debate between scientific realism and anti-realism, structural realism is a much-discussed middle ground which suggests a return to many of these insights. This challenges popular discourse on the relation between religion and science.
ISSN:1474-6719
Contient:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2023.2230427