The Islamization of knowledge (or, more narrowly, philosophy) is a project that rests on the premise that reason and revelation are not in conflict. But how is this harmony operationalized? Can religious premises function with the same epistemic authority as scientific or rational ones? Amir Rastin Toroghi and Vahideh Fakhar Noghani (2024) argue that Mullā Ṣadrā’s (d. ca. 1635 AD) transcendent philosophy provides precisely such a framework: one in which Islamic content is not merely ins...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Knut Hamsun’s Pan is famous for its love story and the extraordinary psychological portrayal of infatuation. Its very title and the magical North, where wilderness seeps into human settlements…| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
I want to thank Peter Baumann for the thoughtful and gracious reply (2025) to my paper (2025). At every point in that piece, Baumann’s commentary is charitable but fair in pressing important worries for and questions of my work. By engaging with such commentators, our thinking is improved and the larger conversation is advanced. I hope my quick rejoinder can simply add a bit to that conversion. … [please read below the rest of the article].| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective