Abstract
The epistemology of Iqbal cannot be straightforwardly or entirely categorized as rationalist, intuitionist, or empiricist. It is derived from the Qur’an which consist of three categories of knowledge, that is, sense perception, reason, and intuition, He merges sense perception, reason, and intuition in his epistemology. He describes knowledge as "sense perception elaborated by understanding.” Iqbal emerges as a theistic pluralist, a spiritualist, and a rationalist. Igbal own contention that negation of opposing views comes before the emergence of any original or genuine thought systems, which is attempted at by him in the lectures of the Reconstruction. He negates Platonic idealism and Aristotelian rationalism as well as Neo- Platonic and mystical metaphysics and ethics, before the emergence of his own synthetic and dynamic rationalism (Khatoon, 1980, 240). According to Iqbal, there are two ways of establishing connections with the Reality that confronts us. The direct way is by means of observation and sense perception; the other way is through direct association with that Reality as it reveals itself within (Iqbal, 1960, 3). Iqbal makes an effort to show that reason and intuition are indivisible, and in knowing anything by intuition, the intellect performs essential part which cannot be neglected. Iqbal found that both these paths of knowledge help each others towards ultimate knowledge.
Dr. Malik Mohammad Tariq. (2013) THE QUR’ANIC MODES OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE EPISTEMALOGY OF IQBAL, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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