AL-ATTAS ON LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT: ITS RELATION TO WORLDVIEW, CHANGE AND TRANSLATION

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Published: Dec 27, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56389/tafhim.vol12no2.4
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Language, thought, ontology, worldview, change, translation, Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas.

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Salina Ahmad
Ph.D and a teacher in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

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Language, according to Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, reflects ontology. This article shall focus on three issues, namely worldview, change and translation, as espoused by al-Attas in Islam and Secularism, Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam, The Concept of Education in Islam and in his CASIS Saturday Night Lectures, (CSNL).

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Ahmad, S. . (2019). AL-ATTAS ON LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT: ITS RELATION TO WORLDVIEW, CHANGE AND TRANSLATION. TAFHIM: IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.56389/tafhim.vol12no2.4
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