Explanation
Al-Ghazali appears in the book as a party to a foundational debate with Ibn Rushd over the relationship between transmitted knowledge and rational knowledge. This debate is used to embody a deep historical tension whose effects are still present in Islamic thought.
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- Comparison frees thought from dogmatism
- Comparison expands the intellectual field
- The debate between Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd establishes a tension between transmitted and rational knowledge
- Epistemological critique opens Islam to the human sciences and comparison
- The debate between Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd is foundational