In Suhrawardī’s Criticism of the Philosophy of Ibn Sīnā, Tahir Uluç conducts an
epistemological discussion on the relation between philosophy and mysticism. In
this context, he aims to go beyond the common opinion, which assumes that in
Islamic thought, philosophy depends mostly on rational means in its quest for truth,
theology rests primarily on revelation and Sufism on mystical experience and vision.
Throughout his study, he investigates the following question: A ...