This is the first study to compare the philosophical systems of secular scientific philosopher Mario Bunge (1919-2020), and Moroccan Islamic philosopher Taha Abd al-Rahman (b.1945).
A. Z. Obiedat is an Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Culture at Wake Forest University, USA.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Modernity.- Chapter 3: Religious, Secular, Scientific.- Chapter 4: An Introduction to Mario Bunge, and to the Philosophical Endeavor.- Chapter 5: Taha Abd al-Rahman’s Islamic Worldview and the Spirit of Modernity.- Chapter 6: A Modern View of the Nature of Reality, and a Pre-Modern Counterpoint: The Scientific Ontology of Mario Bunge, and Five Religious Counter-Arguments for the Existence of A Deity. Chapter 7: Modern Knowing via Realistic Epistemology: Mario Bunge on the Perfectibility and Unity of Modern Human Knowledge. Chapter 8: Modern Virtuous Ethics: Knowing the Good and Doing the Right in Scientific Humanism.- Chapter 9: Taha Abd al-Rahman On Modern and Postmodern Family Ethics.- Chapter 10: Taha’s Attempt at Surpassing Current Islamic Movements: A Mystical Perspective on Ethics and Politics.- Chapter 11: Comparative Evaluation: The Paths to Philosophical Modernity of Taha and Bunge.- Chapter 12: Epilogue: Of Surprises and Gaps, or the Future of Philosophical System Building and the Philosophy of Religion.