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Iqbal's Fractured Vision: History as a Science and the Moral Weight of the Past
- Philosophy East and West
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 70, Number 4, October 2020
- pp. 881-905
- 10.1353/pew.2020.0063
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Abstract:
This article aims to understand how we reason from historical premises to normative conclusions, tracing this question through the work of Muhammad Iqbal. On our reading, he wavers between two views of history, one a kind of natural science, and the other akin to religious interpretation. These tell diff erent stories about the lessons we draw from history.