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The medieval development of the Augustinian doctrine of divine illumination, that God must illuminate the human mind in order to know certain intelligibles, has been heavily-studied by historians. Much of this literature follows older historiographical approaches separating the …

This qualitative case study examined how six educators utilized professional development training designed to foster equity in the classroom through culturally sustaining pedagogy, critical reflection, and the development of student self-efficacy. Research participants engaged i…

S[dotbelow]adra's concept of knowledge is based on his gradational ontology whereby he defines knowledge as a mode of being (al-wujud ). Drawing upon the primacy (as[dotbelow]alah ) and gradation (tashkik ) of being, S[dotbelow]adra ) as disembodiment, which leads him to formula…

This dissertation offers a new and comprehensive analysis of Abu Nas[dotbelow]r al-Farabi's (d. 950) cosmology by focusing on various important issues that have been largely neglected by the modern scholarship. It provides an examination of the physical, metaphysical, and astron…

The Pre-epistemic question regarding the relation between knowledge, "the knower" and "the known" begins with the assertion: "I know something." 'I' as the knowing subject am already acquainted with myself, which is pre-supposed. I am aware that I know something. I am conscious …