JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ibn Khaldūn's Method of History and Aristotelian Natural Philosophy.

  • Published In: Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2024, v. 62, n. 2. P. 195 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Adamson, Peter 3 of 3

Abstract

The historian Ibn Khaldūn (d. 1406) is most often treated by historians of philosophy as part of the story of political philosophy in the Islamic world. While this is perfectly legitimate, it may be misleading when it comes to the question of the method he proposes for the historian. This paper argues that that method is in fact based on a different branch of (Aristotelian) science: natural philosophy. After rendering this proposition initially plausible by noting frequent references to "nature" in the Muqaddima , the paper discusses a number of parallels between natural philosophy and history as Ibn Khaldūn conceives it. Ultimately it is suggested that this method is legitimated insofar as history is for Ibn Khaldūn a study of human nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of the History of Philosophy. 2024/04, Vol. 62, Issue 2, p195
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0022-5053
  • DOI:10.1353/hph.2024.a925517
  • Accession Number:177104371
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