Islamic Philosophy and the Ethics of Belief
In this bookthe author argues that the Falasifa,the Philosophers of the Islamic Golden Age, are usefully interpreted throughthe prism of the contemporary, western ethics of belief. He contends that theirposition amounts to what he calls ‘Moderate Evidentialism’ – that only for theepistemic elite what one ought to believe is determined by one’s evidence. Theauthor makes the case that the Falasifa’s...
In this bookthe author argues that the Falasifa,the Philosophers of the Islamic Golden Age, are usefully interpreted throughthe prism of the contemporary, western ethics of belief. He contends that theirposition amounts to what he calls ‘Moderate Evidentialism’ – that only for theepistemic elite what one ought to believe is determined by one’s evidence. Theauthor makes the case that the Falasifa’s...
