Open AccessAl-Ghazali And Hume On Natural Causal Necessity And Miracles
Author(s) -
Syed Jawad Ali Shah,
Shuja Ahmad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
al-iḍaḥ/al-īḍāḥ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2664-3375
pISSN - 2075-0307
DOI - 10.37556/al-idah.039.01.0702
Subject(s) - causation , epistemology , skepticism , natural (archaeology) , causality (physics) , philosophy , faith , natural order , order (exchange) , natural kind , relation (database) , natural law , computer science , law , political science , history , economics , physics , public law , archaeology , philosophy of law , quantum mechanics , finance , database , identity (music) , aesthetics
This paper argues that Al-Ghazali and Hume arrived at same conclusion i.e.both reject natural causality as a logical necessity however they provide very different premises for this conclusion. Moreover, Hume’s rejection of the natural causal necessity leads him to religious skepticism whereas, Al-Ghazali’s rejection of natural causal necessity leads him to have a strong faith in God and Miracles. The paper discusses the problem of causation in their philosophies focusing on the issues such as: causation as habit; uniformity in the natural order; causation is a mere sequence of observed things; whether causal relation is ontological or epistemological; issues related to miracles and diverse possibilities. Furthermore, the paper also focuses on the issue of Occasionalism and free will with special reference to Al-Ghazali and Hume.