ACAKLIZADE'S (D. 1145/1732) UNDERSTANDING OF AL-'ULUM: A STUDY IN THE CONTEXT OF TARTIB AL-'ULUM

Apaydin Y.

BILIMNAME, vol.36, no.2, pp.189-211, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 36 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.28949/bilimname.455840
  • Journal Name: BILIMNAME
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.189-211
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Muslim thinkers including al-Farabi, al-Khawarizmi, and Ibn Sind tried to present a general view of the sciences through their works on the classification of sciences (tasnif al-'ulum). For some the concept of science was more philosophical, while others prefered a more general approach. Ottoman thinker Mehmed b. Abi Bakr known as Sacaklizade in his Tartib al-'ulum seeked to present the classification of sciences in a broad sense in which he dealt with thirty five sciences covering their definitions, scopes and main issues.