Ratonal Proofs Used by al-Ash’ari and Their Relatons with Reasonings in Logic
EŞ’ARÎ’NİN KULLANDIĞI AKLÎ DELİLLER VE MANTIKTAKİ AKIL YÜRÜTMELERLE İLİŞKİSİ

Author : -Halil İMAMOĞLUGİL
Number of pages : 34-57

Abstract

Before Aristotelian logic influenced Islamic thought, methods of reasoning and argumentaton have been used in Islamic societes. Yet, it should be noted that Aristotelian logic had influenced Muslim thinkers. Afer Muslim scholars started to apply this systematc science of logic, signifcant changes had occurred in ways of thinking and reasoning. It is possible to chase the Aristotelian influences at several disciplines from Usul al-fqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence) to Theology. In this study, we tried to identfy the Aristotelian influence on the system of thought of Abu al-Hasan al-Ash’ari an important authority on science of Kalam (Philosophical Theology) and try to compare and contrast the methods of reasoning in logic and the methods of inference that Ash’ari has used.

Keywords

Logic, Argument, Inference, Syllogism, Reasoning, Ash’ari.

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