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Jabir Ibn Hayyan's Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology

Volume: 18 Number: 1 June 30, 2018
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Jabir Ibn Hayyan's Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology

Abstract

The formation and development of scientific knowledge requires a process and description of civilization. This first requires the formation of a worldview, allowing for formation of a knowledge tradition, enabling for a method and order and denominating the information clusters. This paper, to review that how philosophical and scientific approaches are assessed in our tradition, the first one we come across is Jabir Ibn Hayyan who is one of the most significant scholars of the Islamic history of thought and science. When his scientific and philosophical approaches are reviewed, it will be seen that how he has a deep infrastructure in the starting stage of Islamic thought. In the article, we will try to assess his understanding of science and classification of sciences with reference to his book called Book of Definitions. Within this context, we want to discuss what it means today. Before mentioning science understanding of Jabir Ibn Hayyan, we want to give information concerning to his life and scientific personality.

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English

Subjects

Philosophy

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Research Article

Authors

Aygün Akyol *
Hitit Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
0000-0003-4108-7184
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 30, 2018

Submission Date

March 7, 2018

Acceptance Date

May 13, 2018

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Year 2018 Volume: 18 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.33420/marife.402802

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA44CC88EZ

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APA
Akyol, A. (2018). Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology. Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi, 18(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.33420/marife.402802
AMA
1.Akyol A. Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology. Marife. 2018;18(1):11-22. doi:10.33420/marife.402802
Chicago
Akyol, Aygün. 2018. “Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology”. Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi 18 (1): 11-22. https://doi.org/10.33420/marife.402802.
EndNote
Akyol A (June 1, 2018) Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology. Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi 18 1 11–22.
IEEE
[1]A. Akyol, “Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology”, Marife, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 11–22, June 2018, doi: 10.33420/marife.402802.
ISNAD
Akyol, Aygün. “Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology”. Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi 18/1 (June 1, 2018): 11-22. https://doi.org/10.33420/marife.402802.
JAMA
1.Akyol A. Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology. Marife. 2018;18:11–22.
MLA
Akyol, Aygün. “Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology”. Marife Dini Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 18, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 11-22, doi:10.33420/marife.402802.
Vancouver
1.Aygün Akyol. Jabir Ibn Hayyan’s Classification of Science And Its Place in Islamic Epistemology. Marife. 2018 Jun. 1;18(1):11-22. doi:10.33420/marife.402802

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