The Metaphysics of Knowledge: A Qur'anic Perspective

REÇBER M. S.

BEYTULHIKME-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, vol.9, no.3, pp.573-584, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.18491/beytulhikme.1497
  • Journal Name: BEYTULHIKME-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.573-584
  • Keywords: God, the Qur'an, human knowledge, Kant, meta-epistemology, transcendental arguments
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Granted that human knowledge is, in fact, possible, I attempt to answer the philosophical question about the metaphysical conditions that make human knowledge possible by reference to the Qur'anic meta-epistemological intuitions. In doing this, I first examine some philosophical attempts, Kant's approach in particular, in answering the question "what makes knowledge possible?" in transcendental manner and then, in a similar fashion, I propose that the Qur'anic meta-epistemological intuitions about Divine and human relation can shed light on the question how human knowledge is in fact possible.