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	Explanation cannot be self-grounding or infinitely deferred; every chain of dependence must terminate in something self-sufficient.		Explanation cannot be self-grounding or infinitely deferred; every chain of dependence must terminate in something self-sufficient.

			==Moral primitives==

			===1. Maximisation of global wellbeing===

	==The Rational Entailments==		==The Rational Entailments==

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Epistemology

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	===Christian===		===Christian===

	==~~Epistemology~~==		==Cognitive primitives==

	~~[[Rationalism]]~~		===1. [[The Law of Identity]]===

	===~~The Five Prior Rational Commitments ('Usūl al-Dīn)===~~

	~~The only prior rational commitments Rationalist Muslims make are:~~

	1. The Law of Identity

	~~2. The Law of Non-Contradiction~~

	~~3. The Principle of Sufficient Reason (minimal intelligibility form)~~

	~~4. Recognition of Contingency~~

	~~5. Denial of Vicious Circularity and Infinite Explanatory Regress~~

	~~====1. The Law of Identity=~~===

	“whatever is, is; whatever is not, is not.”		“whatever is, is; whatever is not, is not.”
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	Every entity or proposition is self-identical and distinct from its negation.		Every entity or proposition is self-identical and distinct from its negation.

	====2. The Law of Non-Contradiction====		===2. [[The Law of Non-Contradiction]]===

	“nothing can both be and not be in the same respect.”		“nothing can both be and not be in the same respect.”
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	Nothing can both be and not be in the same respect.		Nothing can both be and not be in the same respect.

	====3. The Principle of Sufficient Reason (minimal intelligibility form)====		===3. [[The Principle of Sufficient Reason (minimal intelligibility form)]]===

	“every real state of affairs has some reason or ground.”		“every real state of affairs has some reason or ground.”
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	Every real state of affairs is intelligible; it has some reason, ground, or explanation for why it is rather than not, even if that reason is intrinsic.		Every real state of affairs is intelligible; it has some reason, ground, or explanation for why it is rather than not, even if that reason is intrinsic.

	====4. Recognition of Contingency====		===4. [[Recognition of Contingency]]===

	“some things exist but could, in principle, not have existed.”		“some things exist but could, in principle, not have existed.”
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	There exist beings whose non-existence involves no contradiction.		There exist beings whose non-existence involves no contradiction.

	====5. Denial of Vicious Circularity and Infinite Explanatory Regress====		===5. [[Denial of Vicious Circularity and Infinite Explanatory Regress]]===

	Explanation cannot be self-grounding or infinitely deferred; every chain of dependence must terminate in something self-sufficient.		Explanation cannot be self-grounding or infinitely deferred; every chain of dependence must terminate in something self-sufficient.

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	==Epistemology==		==Epistemology==

			[[Rationalism]]

	===The Five Prior Rational Commitments ('Usūl al-Dīn)===		===The Five Prior Rational Commitments ('Usūl al-Dīn)===

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18) Noocracy

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	The ideal governor unites wisdom (ends) and techne (means), is accountable to demonstrable truth, and orders institutions to the common good. Historical forms vary (council, imamate, constitutional technocracy), but the rational principle is stable: competence guided by virtue under intelligible law.		The ideal governor unites wisdom (ends) and techne (means), is accountable to demonstrable truth, and orders institutions to the common good. Historical forms vary (council, imamate, constitutional technocracy), but the rational principle is stable: competence guided by virtue under intelligible law.

			====18) [[Philosopher King]]====

	====19) Intellectual Accommodation====		====19) Intellectual Accommodation====

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10) Consciousness

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	The dependence structure described above favours time as an order of states rather than an ontological “flow” in the foundation. On the B-theory, events are tenselessly ordered (earlier-than/later-than). Change is real as difference across the order, not as a metaphysical becoming at the ultimate level. This preserves causality and explanation while avoiding reifying “passage” as a primitive.		The dependence structure described above favours time as an order of states rather than an ontological “flow” in the foundation. On the B-theory, events are tenselessly ordered (earlier-than/later-than). Change is real as difference across the order, not as a metaphysical becoming at the ultimate level. This preserves causality and explanation while avoiding reifying “passage” as a primitive.

	====10) Consciousness====		====10) [[Consciousness]]====

	Consciousness is the indubitable datum: all inquiry is conducted within it. Within a graded ontology, consciousness is not an inert by-product but an intensity of actuality through which being is self-revealing in finite centres. Denying consciousness to make room for a purely extrinsic materialism undermines the very conditions of knowing.		Consciousness is the indubitable datum: all inquiry is conducted within it. Within a graded ontology, consciousness is not an inert by-product but an intensity of actuality through which being is self-revealing in finite centres. Denying consciousness to make room for a purely extrinsic materialism undermines the very conditions of knowing.

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16) Maximisation of Sentient Wellbeing (Constrained)

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	Because contingent facts can only be discriminated by observation, test, and replication, science is reason’s mandated method for the natural world: model, predict, measure, attempt to falsify, update. This is not an optional cultural choice; it is the epistemic application of PSR and contingency to nature. Where controlled experiment is impossible (e.g., cosmology), methodological surrogates (consilience, retrodiction, robustness checks) carry the same rational aim.		Because contingent facts can only be discriminated by observation, test, and replication, science is reason’s mandated method for the natural world: model, predict, measure, attempt to falsify, update. This is not an optional cultural choice; it is the epistemic application of PSR and contingency to nature. Where controlled experiment is impossible (e.g., cosmology), methodological surrogates (consilience, retrodiction, robustness checks) carry the same rational aim.

	====16) Maximisation of ~~Sentient~~ Wellbeing (Constrained)====		====16) [[Maximisation of Personal & Global Wellbeing (Constrained)]]====
	Ethics and Value		Ethics and Value

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The Rational Entailments

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	At the summit, being and oneness are convertible: the more actual a thing, the more internally one it is (less division, less unrealised potency). This rule explains why derived realities exhibit fragmentation and limitation while the foundation does not.		At the summit, being and oneness are convertible: the more actual a thing, the more internally one it is (less division, less unrealised potency). This rule explains why derived realities exhibit fragmentation and limitation while the foundation does not.

			====7) [[Eternal Creation]]====

	====7) Gradation of Reality====		====7) Gradation of Reality====

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	Unity and gradation motivate a model in which a meta-conscious field grounds many finite streams. Individual minds are dissociations—bounded, rule-governed perspectives within the field. Exceptional states (deep sleep, near-death, mystical union) exemplify reassociation, i.e., loosening or widening of the bounds. This is not a licence for speculation; it is a way to render mind-world relations intelligible under the prior ontology.		Unity and gradation motivate a model in which a meta-conscious field grounds many finite streams. Individual minds are dissociations—bounded, rule-governed perspectives within the field. Exceptional states (deep sleep, near-death, mystical union) exemplify reassociation, i.e., loosening or widening of the bounds. This is not a licence for speculation; it is a way to render mind-world relations intelligible under the prior ontology.

			====12) Perdurantism====

	====12) Prelife====		====12) Prelife====

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	Rationalist Islam is an epistemic-led, principle-first, and rational-empirical branch of Islam that grounds views, practices, and identity in a set of independently justified and domain-specific rational principles..		Rationalist Islam is an epistemic-led, principle-first, and rational-empirical branch of Islam that grounds views, practices, and identity in a set of independently justified and domain-specific rational principles.

	Adherents adopt “Islam” and "Muslim" as identities only after critical assessment of historical evidence suggests that Muḥammad substantially aligned with these principles. Rationalist Islam is, therefore, a continuation of the historical Muhammadan movement with the aim of maximising the wellbeing of all sentient inhabitants of the world.		Adherents adopt “Islam” and "Muslim" as identities only after critical assessment of historical evidence suggests that Muḥammad substantially aligned with these principles. Rationalist Islam is, therefore, a continuation of the historical Muhammadan movement with the aim of maximising the wellbeing of all sentient inhabitants of the world.