BEBERAPA ASPEK EPISTEMOLOGI: KONSEP, TABIAT DAN SUMBER-SUMBER ILMU DALAM TRADISI ISLAM

BEBERAPA ASPEK EPISTEMOLOGI:
KONSEP, TABIAT DAN SUMBER-SUMBER
ILMU DALAM TRADISI ISLAM
Oleh:
Basri Bin Husin1
basrihusin@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
This article focuses on some aspects of Islamic
epistemology which includes the concepts, natures and
sources of knowledge in Islam. In general epistemology
is a discipline to discuss and investigate the origins,
sources, methods, processes and limits of knowledge or
the knowledge to bring to an understanding of the intrinsic
truth. In Islamic tradition, a knowledge obtained should
achieve the level of confidence for the final goal of a thing
is to have elements of truth in absolute terms. In terms of
the truth of knowledge, the rules of Islamic epistemology
considers knowledge as something possible and rejects
the opinion of the skeptic who considers knowledge as an
impossibility. While in terms of knowledge, the concept
of Islamic epistemology based on faith worldview is not
only limited to the acquisition of resources to al-khabar
al-sadiq and intuition only, but also give space to the mind
and senses to gain knowledge on the scope of which could
achieved by the faculty of mind and senses.
Keywords: Epistemology, theory of knowledge, concept of knowledge,
source of knowledge.
1
 Basri bin Husin, MUs, merupakan calon Doktor Falsafah dan felo Biasiswazah
Universiti Malaya di Jabatan Akidah dan Pemikiran Islam, Akademi Pengajian
Islam, Universiti Malaya



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