in this article the author investigates al-ghazzali’s views on the volitional aspect of the soul. al-ghazzali divides the volitional aspect of the human into two levels, human and animal. his use of terms such as practical faculty, practical reason, power and will for human volition raises the important question of whether practical reason has cognitive character and whether it is a stimulus. s...

some logicians as avicenna, khaja nasir al-din tusi, and dabiran katebi believe that denotation (dilala) is dependent on volition (irada), and as long as there is no volition, there is no denotation. some others like qutb al-din razi completely reject this idea and maintain that denotation merely depends on “knowledge of designation” (al-ilm bi al-wad’). some of methodologicians of jurisprudenc...

classification of the sciences has always been an essential part of the islamic scientific thought. this was due to the significant role of science in the islamic culture and as well as the development of various scientific traditions in this civilization.philosophy of science, today, discusses the classification of sciences in which methods, subject matters, and goals of the science are studie...

Al-Ghazali is one of the greatest Muslim scholars. He known as Hujjah al-Islām because his success in defending Islamic orthodoxy face heretical groups. However, also not free from controversy. Among these criticisms that had experienced a period skepticism and inconsistent thinking. This research attempts to analyze Al-Ghazali's works secondary books explain thoughts. study uses qualitative ap...