Article Title：Ibn Khaldfun's Method of History and Aristotelian Natural Philosophy
Abstract：
The historian Ibn Khald & uacute;n (d. 1406 ) is most often treated by historians of philosophy as part of the story of political philosophy in the Islamic world. While this is perfectly legitimate, it may be misleading when it comes to the question of the method he proposes for the historian. This paper argues that that method is in fact based on a different branch of (Aristotelian) science: natural philosophy. After rendering this proposition initially plausible by noting frequent references to nature in the Muqaddima , the paper discusses a number of parallels between natural philosophy and history as Ibn Khald & uacute;n conceives it. Ultimately it is suggested that this method is legitimated insofar as history is for Ibn Khald & uacute;n a study of human nature.
Keywords: KEYWORDS Ibn Khaldun; history; natural philosophy; epistemology; nature; miracles
DOI: 10.1353/hph.2024.a925517
Source：JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
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