Tag: Ontology

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A Prelude to Islamic Human Sciences | Syed Naquib Al-Attas

A Prelude to Islamic Human Sciences

Featured Publication RISE: Second Pilot Issue 📄 View PDF Issue 🔗 Issue Overview Page By: Mahdi ʿAbdullahi Introduction The human and social sciences are disciplines whose subject matter comprises the existential dimensions and various activities of the human being qua human. These activities include the relations among human individuals, their interactions with external objects, as […]

Ontology of Islamic Economics

Ontology of Islamic Economics: Completing the Puzzle of Islamic Economic Philosophy

The book Ontology of Islamic Economics by Mohammad Javad Tavakkoli was published in 2025 by the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute. This 336‑page Persian volume constitutes the third installment in a four‑part series on the philosophy of Islamic economics, following An Introduction to the Philosophy of Islamic Economics (Epistemology of Islamic Economics) and Axiology […]

Publication of the Book "Sadrian Philosophy as Narrated by ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī"

Publication of the Book “Sadrian Philosophy as Narrated by ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī”

The book Ḥikmat-i Ṣadrāʾī bih Riwāyat-i ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī: Mabḥath-i Sabq wa Luḥūq, Sharḥ-i Nihāyat al-Ḥikma – Marḥalah-yi Dahum (Sadrian Philosophy as Narrated by ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭabāʾī: The Discussion of Priority and Posteriority, Commentary on Nihāyat al-Ḥikma– Stage Ten), authored by Abdolrasoul Uboudiyat, has been published in Persian by the Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute in […]

Scholaria Contributions 3

The Philosophical Foundations of the Human Sciences

This article examines the profound impact of the human sciences on society and argues for a paradigm shift grounded in Islamic intellectual traditions. By analyzing the hierarchical relationship between ontology, philosophical anthropology, epistemology, and the human sciences, the text highlights the necessity of foundational philosophical principles in critiquing Western empirical methodologies and establishing a superior, indigenous approach to the humanities.

The Foundations and Proofs of Realism in Islamic Epistemology

An in-depth exploration of the ontological and epistemological claims of realism in Islamic thought, focusing on Allameh Tabatabai’s foundational arguments, the mechanics of acquired knowledge, and how this framework contrasts with post-Renaissance Western paradigms like Kantian subjectivism.