Alparslan Acikgenc, Islamic Science: Towards a Definition.(Book Review)

From: Islam & Science | Date: June 22, 2005 | Copyright information

Alparslan Acikgenc, Islamic Science: Towards a Definition (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 1996), vi + 106 pp, Pb, ISBN 983 99002 8 5

One of the aims of defining Islamic Science is to generate theoretical understanding of and insight into the nature and meaning of the concept and enterprise of Islamic Science, and thus to formally differentiate it, to the extent possible, from other sciences, especially modern western science, or even from other salient manifestations of Islamic ci...

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