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The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy: Knowledge by Presence Mehdi Ha'iri Yazdi, Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: State University of New York Press

2 days ago - Like all empirical claims, I am happy to update this belief in the presence of new evidence, but it must be new evidence of a kind very different from that which has been advanced so far. Just like Plantinga apparently knows little about epistemology. Gutting then brings up the usual trump card of atheists: the problem of evil (which, to be precise, is actually a problem only for the Judeo-Christian-Muslim concept of god, and therefore not really an argument for atheism per se). Feb 13, 2014 - I keep hearing that Notre Dame philosopher and theologian Alvin Plantinga is a really smart guy, capable of powerfully subtle arguments about theism and Christianity. Jan 24, 2014 - These are questions that we humans have been asking since the dawn of humanity; questions that have inspired history's greatest philosophers, sages, and scientists; questions that have in many ways influenced the overall shape and scope of And there are different methodologies and epistemologies and all sorts of different types of practices that have grown up around these perspectives. (The best account of 'ilm al-huduri, knowledge by presence.) Knysh, A. Therefore, there is no reason to use the expression, as if it Because they believed that there was such a middle ground, Liberatore and his successors introduced a foreign body into the structure of Thomist epistemology, and its presence is still considered a threat. Aug 3, 2012 - For if it is true that the mode of knowledge proper to common sense is infraphilosophic, naive realism cannot be elevated to the level of philosophy. (1992) The Principles of Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy - Knowledge by Presence, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. A God axiom and putatively prove His existence from first principles anyway, but it's not like he was engaging in the kind of empiricism you're describing above, so my point stands that you're not addressing your arguments against the common modes of religious epistemology).