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April 30, 2026History of the Present

The Difficulty of Impossibility

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MTMudit Trivedi

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Overview

This analysis highlights conceptual difficulties in modern knowledge, suggesting implications for social sciences.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore the conceptual vulnerabilities marked by modernity and the experience of impossibility in understanding tradition.
  • Analysis of Javad Tabatabai's interpretation of Ibn Khaldun’s work
  • Examination of intellectual traditions in relation to modernity
  • Discussion of the philosophical implications of knowledge and reasoning
  • Identified the constraints faced by modern thinkers in grasping traditional concepts
  • Highlighted Tabatabai's perspective on the importance of acknowledging our conceptual incapacity
  • Emphasized the need for new approaches in the social sciences to navigate these impossibilities

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Mudit Trivedi (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f2f0991e5f7920c6386bd9https://doi.org/10.1215/21599785-12235368
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