Islamic Positivism and Scientific Truth
GUTRON, Clémentine
Centre Alexandre Koyré - Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques [CAK-CRHST]
Centre Alexandre Koyré - Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques [CAK-CRHST]
GUTRON, Clémentine
Centre Alexandre Koyré - Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques [CAK-CRHST]
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Centre Alexandre Koyré - Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques [CAK-CRHST]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Human Studies. 2016, vol. 39, n° 4, p. 621-643
Springer Verlag
English Abstract
The ambition of “scientific creationism” is to prove that science actually confirms religion. This is especially true in the case of Muslim creationism, which adopts a reasoning of a syllogistic type: divine revelation is ...Read more >
The ambition of “scientific creationism” is to prove that science actually confirms religion. This is especially true in the case of Muslim creationism, which adopts a reasoning of a syllogistic type: divine revelation is truth; good science confirms truth; divine revelation is henceforth scientifically proven. Harun Yahya is a prominent Muslim “creationist” whose website hosts many texts and documentary films, among which “Evidence of the true faith in historical sources”. This is a small audiovisual production which, starting from some archeological files, seeks to demonstrate that Qur’an truth precedes science but is equally proven by it. In this paper, we examine the organization of the scientific and religious argumentative repertoires and, in particular, what in each of them is taken as evidence and gets access to an authoritative status. It leads us to show how much this type of Muslim creationism constitutes a kind of scientism.Read less <
English Keywords
Creationism
Scientism
Truth effects
Archeology
Islam
Harun Yahya
Origin
Hal importedCollections