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Ibn Khaldun and Philosophy: Causality in History
Author(s) -
Çaksu Ali
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/johs.12149
Subject(s) - causation , islamic philosophy , causality (physics) , relation (database) , poetry , philosophy , epistemology , philosophy of history , literature , history of islam , islam , classics , history , theology , art , linguistics , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , database
Ibn Khaldun was a statesman, diplomat, scholar and judge. His masterpiece Muqaddimah bears testimony to his skills in some other fields like economy and poetry too. As an intellectual of his time, he was naturally interested in philosophy as well. He had an education in philosophy and had a considerable knowledge in both Greek and Islamic philosophy. In fact, he is considered a philosopher of history and even the first one. This article will display an aspect of Ibn Khaldun's interest and relation to philosophy. It will discuss his conception of causation and analyze how it works in his history.