The rise of the socio-philosophical ground of Islamic knowledge tradition through its technical terms (650-900)

This study examines the emergence of the socio-philosophical foundation of knowledge tradition in Islamic civilization through technical terms which are utilized in later development in all sciences in the period that extends just about from 650 AD until almost 900 AD. The transformation of a civilization into a world civilization in a short period of time is a remarkable event in the history of thought. The determination of the factors that prepared it also requires an investigation of the reasons why Islamic scholars made the universe a subject of research from the early period. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to examine the process of the emergence of technical terms in general, especially in the disciplines that contributed to the emergence of a sophisticated knowledge tradition that provided a social and philosophical foundation for scientific progress in Islamic civilization. In our study, we will take into account the perspectives of the Muslim scientific community expressed in technical terms such as the 'ulamā' and the fuqahā. This is because the Islamic knowledge tradition grew out of a religious context. For this reason, religious terminology played a significant role in the development of scientific nomenclature, including physical sciences. As a study in the sociology of knowledge, this thesis will pay attention to the scientific progress only in the first three centuries, following the footsteps of mainly technical terms as they gradually unfolded in Islamic scientific tradition.