Formation of the systematic mind in the Islamic thought: the case of Ibn Khaldun

• Main Author: Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: B69 History and systems
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/38015/1/wcit_20140001.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38015/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The main objective of this paper is to explain meaning and the general characteristic of systematic mind in Islamic thought, with especial reference to Ibn Khaldun’s approach in his “al-Muqaddimah”. The author holds the view that lack of systematic thought was one of the major causes of scientific d...