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A Critique of Ibn Khaldun’s Causality Concept نقد لمفهوم السببية عند ابن خلدون

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  • Masudul Alam Choudhury

    (Professor of Economics Department of Economics & Finance College of Commerce and Economics Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.)

  • Bayu Silvia

    (Lecturer of Economics Trisakti University Jakarta, Indonesia)

Abstract

The importance of circular causation in explaining the dynamics of learning systems that cover the entirety of human experience is pointed out. Yet despite claims, Ibn Khaldun is seen to have failed in addressing the analytical nature of this central theme of historiography. Recent authors who have contributed to the same theme in favor of Ibn Khaldun also could not comprehend the analytical learning aspects of the systems worldview of circular causation. Contrary to these developments both in Ibn Khaldun’s contribution and by recent authors on Khaldunian thought, this paper develops an analytical methodology of circular causation in the light of the worldview of unity of knowledge, termed in the Qur’an as unity of the divine laws, Tawhid. This analytical conceptualization is then applied to specific issues of historiography, political economy, modernity and socio-economic development in order to bring out the dynamic learning context of circular causation as a universal methodology premised on the Qur’anic epistemological worldview. Comparative studies on causality as methodology in the philosophy of science in the prevalent literature are examined. يتم هنا توضيح أهمية السببية الدائرية في شرح ديناميكيات أنظمة التعلم التي تغطي كامل التجربة الإنسانية. وعلى الرغم من الاعتقاد السائد، فإن ابن خلدون قد فشل في التصدي للطبيعة التحليلية للفكرة المركزية لفلسفة التاريخ. كما أن المؤلفين المحدثين الذين ساهموا في نفس هذا الموضوع مؤيدين لابن خلدون أيضًا لم يستطيعوا استيعاب الجوانب التحليلية التعليمية لأنظمة النظرة الكونية للسببية الدائرية. وفي مقابل أفكار ابن خلدون والمؤلفين المحدثين، تحاول هذه الورقة تطوير منهجية تحليلية للسببية الدائرية في ضوء النظرة الكونية لوحدة المعرفة المعبر عنها في القرآن بوحدة القانون الإلهي أو التوحيد. وهذا التحليل والتوضيح للمفاهيم، يتم تطبيقه بعد ذلك على مسائل محددة في فلسفة التاريخ الجغرافي كالاقتصاد السياسي والتحديث (العصرنة) والتنمية الاجتماعية الاقتصادية، وذلك من أجل توضيح مفهوم التعلم الديناميكي للسببية الدائرية كمنهجية شاملة تقوم على النظرة المعرفية القرآنية الكونية. كما يتم هنا تقييم الدراسات المقارنة في مجال السببية كمنهجية في فلسفة العلوم في الأدبيات السائدة.

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  • Masudul Alam Choudhury & Bayu Silvia, 2008. "A Critique of Ibn Khaldun’s Causality Concept نقد لمفهوم السببية عند ابن خلدون," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 21(1), pages 49-70, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:21:y:2008:i:1:no:3:p:49-70
    DOI: 10.4197/islec.21-1.3
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