Epistemologi Rasionalisme Rene Descartes Dan Relevansinya Terhadap Pendidikan Islam

Abstract

This paper discusses the thoughts of Rene Descartes and the relevance towards
Islamic education. The great thesis of Rene Descartes is cogito ergo sum (I think,
therefore I exist), has spawned a revolution of thought in philosophy. Descartes
emphatically proclaimed that only reason or ratio alone can be the basis that can
be trusted, and not faith or revelation as always restrained in mid-century. With
the method of doubt, Descartes treading philosophical thought to doubt everything
in order to achieve an ultimate certainty he always longed for. Despite eventually
he realized that nothing is true, except uncertainty itself. In the area of education
(especially Islamic education), Descartes certainly gave a new foundation for the
study and communication of doctrine not only as a process doctrine, but giving a
larger portion to the role of reason itself.