Bias
Subtitle: epistemological bias in the physical and social sciences
By: edited by Abdelwahab M. Elmessiri
Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Herndon, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781565644168; 9781565644175
Subjects: Islamic sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The gate of Ijtihad : an introduction to the study of epistemological bias / Abdelwahab Elmessiri; title: Bias in western schools of thought : our heritage as the starting point for development / Adel Hussein; title: Theories of political development : a case of biased discourse in the political sciences / Nasr M. Arif; title: Modernizing vs. westernizing the social sciences : the case of psychology / Rafik Habib; title: Bias in curricula and course contents / Hoda Hegazy; title: An exploration of the natur of human artificial intelligence and the Qur'anic perspective / Mahmoud Dhaouadi; title: Confronting bias in the third world culture / Ferial J. Ghazoul; title: Beyond methodology : forms of bias in western literary criticism / Saad Abdulrahman al-Baziʻi; title: Theories and principles of design in the architecture of Islamic societies : a ceremonial approach to community building / A. I. Abdelhalim; title: Reflections on technology and development : a cultural perspective / Hamed Ibrahim el-Mously; title: Philosophical beliefs underlying the formulation of physical laws / Mahjoob Taha.