Aristotelian Dialectic, Medieval Jadal, and Medieval Scholastic Disputation

Although Greek dialectic has an influence on both Christian and Muslim scholarships in terms of structuring the argumentation, this article argues that each employs the dialectic to serve their own purposes. If the Greek dialectic aims to defeat an opponent by showing logical contradictions, Christ...

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Autor principal:	Mohammad Syifa Amin Widigdo
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2018
Materias:	dialectic jadal Aristotle scholastic certainty peirastic Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5b7f4cceae4c4852ac657082efddc1a32021-12-02T17:46:16ZAristotelian Dialectic, Medieval Jadal, and Medieval Scholastic Disputation10.35632/ajis.v35i4.1062690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/5b7f4cceae4c4852ac657082efddc1a32018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/106https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Although Greek dialectic has an influence on both Christian and Muslim scholarships in terms of structuring the argumentation, this article argues that each employs the dialectic to serve their own purposes. If the Greek dialectic aims to defeat an opponent by showing logical contradictions, Christian scholarship claims to use the dialectic to search for the truth, and Muslim literature employs it to arrive at a level of certainty in knowledge (either qaṭʿī or ghalabat al-ẓann). As a result, this article further argues, Greek dialectic in both Christian and Muslim contexts undergoes some modifications. In the Christian context, dialectic serves a didactical purpose, which is to find the truth that resides in the mind of the teacher. In Islamic context, Greek dialectic is modified and employed to find epistemological (qaṭʿī) or psychological (ghalabat al-ẓann) certainty in religious knowledge. Mohammad Syifa Amin WidigdoInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticledialecticjadalAristotlescholasticcertaintypeirasticIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 35, Iss 4 (2018)
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description	Although Greek dialectic has an influence on both Christian and Muslim scholarships in terms of structuring the argumentation, this article argues that each employs the dialectic to serve their own purposes. If the Greek dialectic aims to defeat an opponent by showing logical contradictions, Christian scholarship claims to use the dialectic to search for the truth, and Muslim literature employs it to arrive at a level of certainty in knowledge (either qaṭʿī or ghalabat al-ẓann). As a result, this article further argues, Greek dialectic in both Christian and Muslim contexts undergoes some modifications. In the Christian context, dialectic serves a didactical purpose, which is to find the truth that resides in the mind of the teacher. In Islamic context, Greek dialectic is modified and employed to find epistemological (qaṭʿī) or psychological (ghalabat al-ẓann) certainty in religious knowledge.
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title_short	Aristotelian Dialectic, Medieval Jadal, and Medieval Scholastic Disputation
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Aristotelian Dialectic, Medieval Jadal, and Medieval Scholastic Disputation

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