Methodological Differences Between Eurocentric Social Science and an Islamic Approach
Channel: Asad Zaman
Date: 2023-03-15

{writeup: bit.ly/na2ie41} Section 4.1 Introduces the methodological approach to be used in developing our New Approach to Islamic Economics (see http://bit.ly/na2ie). A "scientific" approach excludes subjective human experience - this is unique, personal, subjective, and non-replicable - not suitable for science. But, an axiomatic approach to human behavior, built on rationality, completely misses the mark. Replacing this with a deep model of human beings with minds, hearts, spirits, and souls, based on Islamic intellectual heritage, provides us with new foundations for Economics in particular, and the Social Sciences in general.