Nasraddin Hodja’s Pot and Reductio Ad Absurdum
From a children’s tale to Socrates and the Qur’an, the need for logic and sound reasoning is universal.…
Method
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Questioning Techniques and Wait Time
Socrates is the first known philosopher to have used questioning in a systematic way with an ethical purpose…
Method of Contemplation
Question: There is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, to the effect: “One hour…
Cryptography and Codes in Existence
The confidentiality of information is vital for people, companies and countries. Cryptography develops methods of encoding and decoding…
Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist
Bradley Steffens is the author of twenty-seven nonfiction books for children and young adults. Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist…
Radiocarbon Dating and Questions
Libby’s discovery, now known as the carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) technique, was a method that could be used to…
Genomes and Languages
Languages are actually not that different from genes. Just as you would expect events like the Barbarian Migrations…
The Age of the Earth
Methods of Measuring the Earth’s Age All methods of estimating “time” use the same principle: measuring the velocity…
Science and Religion:Between Friction and Harmony
Can science and religion coexist? Can an inquisitive mind adopt any religion? Are faith and scientific inquiry incompatible?…
The Problem Of Sampling In Various Sciences
Conducting a survey is basically an act of investigating the behavior, opinions, characteristics, and other elements of a…
Qur’anic Epistemology
By Qur’anic epistemology, we mean how the Qur’an describes knowledge and the way to seek it. But you…