Philosophy of Science of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas​

This article presents an outline of Muhammad Naquib al-Attas’ ontological, cosmological and epistemological premises underlying his philosophy of science, and goes on to aspects of methodology and axiology those premises entail. Frequent references are made to particular (mostly revisionist) western philosophies of science to further inform the discourse and draw attention to wider connections. 
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Keywords: Islamization of knowledge; scientific probity of tasawwuf, reason, intellect, and rationalism; empiricism; trans-empirical awareness; Unity of Existence; metaphysical vision of Truth and Reality; atomism; perpetual recurrence of creation; causality; divine self-disclosure; challenge of Western science; tafsir-tabwil methodology; scientism. 

Journal of Islam & Science, Vol. 1 (Winter 2003) No. 2

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Adi Setia

Adi Setia is the founding director of IGE Advisory, which is dedicated to consulting, teaching and researching in the Islamic Gift Economy framework. He is also the co-founder of the Program for Ethical, Appropriate & Regenerative Livelihoods (PEARL).