TY - BOOK AU - Bakar, Osman TI - Classification of knowledge in Islam : : a study in Islamic philosophies of science SN - 97809466217120946621713 AV - BL240.309 .BO01 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge, U.K. : PB - Islamic Texts Society KW - Classification of sciences.Islamic philosophy.Science—Philosophy N1 - The life, works, and significance of al-Fārābī -- Al-Fārābī -- The methodological basis of the hierarchy of the sciences -- The ontological and the ethical bases of the hierarchy of the sciences -- Classification and description of linguistic science and logic -- Classification and description of the philosophical sciences -- The life, works, and significance of al-Ghazzālī -- Al-Ghazzālī's classification of seekers after knowledge -- Al-Ghazzālī's classification of the sciences -- The life, works, and significance of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī -- Quṭb al-Dīn's classification of the sciences -- The philosophical bases of the three classifications : similarities and differences ER -