Episode #019 ... Three Islamic Truths

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the nature of truth and examine it through the lenses of three Islamic philosophers who each had a different approach to truth seeking. We first discuss Al Kindi and what he would have to say about modern day news organizations and their approach to reporting the “truth.” Then, we learn about Al Ghazali, who at one point became so skeptical about our ability to discover the truth, he actually made himself physically ill. Lastly, we take a look at Averroes who desperately wanted philosophy and religion to be business partners. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.6	The theme of today's episode is truth.
0:43.4	Now when you think of truth as its own entity, there's not really that much controversy.
0:48.2	I mean, I don't think most people disagree that it seems likely there's an absolute truth
0:53.1	about each individual facet of everything that exists.
0:56.2	Some blanket single code about everything that is the truth.
1:01.5	That concept is pretty straightforward in itself.
1:03.8	It's when humans start talking about the truth that things get pretty crazy.
1:07.6	The real tough question is what is that truth and what makes it true when viewing it through
1:13.2	the lens of a human?
1:15.0	It gets tough because we're all viewing the same exact scene unfolding out in front of
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