A preliminary lecture on Countering European Myths about Knowledge.
Before we start study, we must know what knowledge is, why it should be sought, and how it should be sought. The answers to these three questions are radically different in Islamic Tradition from the answers in the contemporary Western intellectual tradition. This lecture discusses SOME of the differences. Other lectures addressing this and similar topics are also linked below.
Why an Islamic Approach to Statistics - Longer Version: 90min -- same topic
Why an "Islamic" Approach to Statistics - Explains Islamic approach to definition and acquisition of knowedge, and how it makes a difference, in context of Statistics. Short Version - 45m
M4M L1A: Basic Principles of an Islamic Education - and how they are different from Western Principles.
Introduction to Islamic Economics - 64m: Fundamental differences between Islamic and Western approaches to knowledge.
Countering European Myths About Knowledge - Lecture on European mis-understandings about the nature of human knowledge.