Knowledge and Selfhood
Exploring Islamic Philosophy - Sayeh Meisami
Sayeh Meisami [+]
University of Dayton
Sayeh Meisami is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dayton. She holds a PhD in analytic philosophy from the University of Tehran and a PhD in Islamic philosophy from the University of Toronto. Her published books include Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī: A Philosopher for All Seasons (2019), Knowledge and Power in the Philosophies of Ḥamīd al-Dīn Kirmānī and Mullā Ṣadrā (2018), and Mulla Sadra (2013).
Description
The overarching inquiry that guides this chapter is how the mind captures realities in the world, and the internal and external foundations which guarantee truth and justify our correct pursuit of it. While using familiar concepts from contemporary epistemology such as truth conditions and justification, the focus here is on some of the fundamental differences between epistemology in Islamic and contemporary Western contexts.