Fall 2021: The Instrumental Sciences
The third conference in the series will cover the Islamic Rational Sciences and the Tools of Knowledge (logic, rhetoric, debate, etymology, etc.) as both are tools in the service of sacred knowledge as well as the often-overlooked domain of sustained philosophical inquiry since the 13th century CE. Here the focus will be on questions that arise primarily from within the Islamic tradition and the rationalist responses via the practice of taḥqīq (verification). However, panels consisting of ASIP&T working group members will also address broader and more universal questions, especially those that investigate the limits of what is knowable.