Islamic Disputation Theory (eBook)

The Uses & Rules of Argument in Medieval Islam

Larry Benjamin Miller (Autor)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2020
XVIII, 143 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-45012-0 (ISBN)

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This book charts the evolution of Islamic dialectical theory (jadal) over a four-hundred year period. It includes an extensive study of the development of methods of disputation in Islamic theology (kal?m) and jurisprudence (u??l al-fiqh) from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries. The author uses the theoretical writings of Islamic theologians, jurists, and philosophers to describe the concept

Overall, this investigation looks at the extent to which the development of Islamic modes of disputation is rooted in Aristotle and the classical tradition. The author reconstructs the contents of the earliest systematic treatment of the subject by b. al-R?wand?. He then contrasts the theological understanding of dialectic with the teachings of the Arab Aristotelians-al-F?r?b?, Avicenna, and Averroes. Next, the monograph shows how jurists took over the theological method of dialectic and applied it to problems peculiar to jurisprudence.

Although the earliest writings on dialectic are fairly free of direct Aristotelian influence, there are coincidences of themes and treatment. But after jurisprudence had assimilated the techniques of theological dialectic, its own theory became increasingly influenced by logical terminology and techniques. At the end of the thirteenth century there arose a new discipline, the ?d?b al-ba?th. While the theoretical underpinnings of the new system are Aristotelian, the terminology and order of debate place it firmly in the Islamic tradition of disputation.

Larry Miller is a scholar of medieval Islamic philosophy, with particular emphasis on the relationship of Greek and Islamic philosophers and the development of the scholastic method in Islam. This book is the product of years of intense engagement and study of Aristotelian logic as well as the works of Islamic philosophers, theologians and jurists. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
• Reihe/Serie: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 143 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: al-Fārābī, Avicenna • Arab philosophy • Argumentation in Islamic law and theology • Aristotle’s Topics in the Islamic tradition • Development of Islamic Jurisprudence • Dialectic and Disputation in Islam • Dialectic in Jurisprudence • evolution of Islamic dialectical theory • History of Logic in Islam • Islamic Theologians • Methods of argumentation in Medieval Islam • methods of disputation • Shams al-Din al-Samarqandī and the ādāb al-baḥth • theological dialectic • The Scholastic Method in the Islamic world • Usul al-fiqh, kalām and falsafa
• ISBN-10: 3-030-45012-0 / 3030450120
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-45012-0 / 9783030450120