Masood Motaharinasab; Mohammad bidhendi; Alireza Aghahosseini
Volume 6, Issue 11 , September 2016, , Pages 99-122
Abstract
Rereading scientific discourse and methodology of Islamic civilization in the past period, especially during the renaissance, in connection with Islamic civilization recognition, has a strategic importance. In general, because of exposure to Greek thought and books translated from other civilizations, ...
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Rereading scientific discourse and methodology of Islamic civilization in the past period, especially during the renaissance, in connection with Islamic civilization recognition, has a strategic importance. In general, because of exposure to Greek thought and books translated from other civilizations, the Islamic renaissance intellectually has a collective structure. Accordingly, in this study, comparing methodologies of Razi and Farabi, the two exemplars of Islamic renaissance, we have tried to recognize the coordinates of scientific discourse renaissance of Islamic civilization (third and fourth centuries). The findings indicate that Razi has a realist epistemology and a positivist methodology similar to the twenty century positivism’s methodology. Farabi, on the other hand, has an idealistic epistemology and a combined methodology with an emphasis on transcendental rationality and rationality alongside experience. Finally, based on the findings of this study it can be concluded that a pluralistic methodology has been dominant on scientific discourse of Islamic-Iranian civilization.
