Methodological skepticism: A comparative study of Imam Al-Ghazali and René Descartes
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2015
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UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
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Methodological Skepticism is a tactic of applying the technique of doubt, for achieving an approximate or implicit certainty. It is considered by various constructive critics to be the best way of acquiring the factual knowledge. The most eminent philosophers who have ever dealt with the problem of methodological skepticism or method of doubt in knowledge include Imam Al-Ghazali (1058 -1111 A.D.) and Rene Descartes (1596-1650 A.D.). Although Descartes was born some 500 years later than Al-Ghazali's death, but there are found immense similarities in their philosophies and works.
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Supervisor: Dr. Amjad Waheed
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MS Thesis, Imam Al-Ghazali, Skepticism, Descartes