Rekonstruksi Epistemologi Keilmuan Islam: Tinjauan Sumber, Tujuan, dan Metode Keilmuan

Abstract

Islamisation process continuously happening in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia, and not being able to be stopped in various aspects of human life, including science and education, brings about awareness of reconstruction of Islamic epistemology. Reconstruction contains source of science, goal of science, and method of science. Sources of science in Islam are revelation, reason, and empirical data (of the universe and human being). Intuition may be another source of science. Sciences are developed to find new inventions (taskhîr), to give benefits (istihsân), to make the world in prosperity (isti`mâr), to uphold social justice (`adl), and to build social and cultural welfare (istishlâh). Classical methods of naqlî dan `aqlî in one side and those of bayânî, burhânî dan `irfânî in other side can be applied to develop Islam as a system of religion as well as a system of life in a variety of approaches to integration: Islamisation of knowledge, scientification of Islam, and integration-interconnection between religion, philosophy, and science.