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Submitted By: Denis Venderov Submitted to: Professor D.S. Hutchinson Co-Instructor: Paul Los T.A. Janette Dinishak Course: PHL 102Y Date Due: January 15, 2003 Position Paper #4 Assigned Reading: Imam al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error. The greatest figure in the history of Islamic philosophy is Imam al-Ghazali - a jurist, writer, theologian, philosopher and mystic. During his life, al-Ghazali resolved to search for a knowledge as absolute certainty upon which the object known in manner is not open to doubt at all. So, if this knowledge to be challenged by a miracle-maker, it would withstand its claim. "...Certain knowledge", writes al-Ghazali, "is that in which the thing known reveals itself without leaving any room for doubt or any possibility of error or illusion, nor can the hear allow such possibility".1 To determine whether or not a belief has met his standards, al-Ghazali provides, the so-called "serpent test" technique. It is based on a story...

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