Ibn Khaldūn's Method of History and Aristotelian Natural Philosophy

IF 0.7 1区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI:10.1353/hph.2024.a925517

Peter Adamson

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Abstract

abstract: The historian Ibn Khaldūn (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 Khaldūn conceives it. Ultimately it is suggested that this method is legitimated insofar as history is for Ibn Khaldūn a study of human nature.

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伊本-哈勒敦的历史方法和亚里士多德的自然哲学

摘要：历史学家伊本-哈勒敦（Ibn Khaldūn，卒于 1406 年）最常被哲学史家视为伊斯兰世界政治哲学故事的一部分。虽然这是完全合理的，但当涉及到他为历史学家提出的方法问题时，这可能会产生误导。本文认为，这种方法实际上基于（亚里士多德）科学的另一个分支：自然哲学。通过指出《穆卡迪马》中对 "自然 "的频繁提及，本文初步论证了这一命题的合理性，并讨论了伊本-哈勒敦所构想的自然哲学与历史学之间的一些相似之处。最后，论文认为，由于伊本-哈勒敦将历史视为对人性的研究，因此这种方法是合法的。

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