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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

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A Critical Review of Hasan Spiker’s “Things as They Are: The Metaphysical Foundations of Objective Truth”

By Abdurrahman Mihirig  //  March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

In recent years there has been a welcome increase in the number of Islamic philosophical works produced in Near Western languages. Unlike most of the historically or philologically oriented works produced in Near Western languages…

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