Open AccessOn Ibn Rushd’s critics of Asharite Kalam
Author(s) -
Т. Ибрагим,
Н. В. Ефремова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
minbar. islamic studies/minbar. islamskie issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-7990
pISSN - 2618-9569
DOI - 10.31162/2618-9569-2018-11-3-553-562
Subject(s) - philosophy , argumentation theory , creed , foundation (evidence) , exegesis , epistemology , criticism , islamic philosophy , islam , arabic , literature , classics , theology , art , law , political science , linguistics
The article is in fact an introduction to the treatise by the last prominent representative of Islamic philosophy (falsafa) Ibn Rushd (Averroes 1126–1198) al-Kashf `an manahij al-adilla fi `aqa’id al-milla (“On the Methods of Proof for the Principles of Creed”) translated from Arabic into Russian. The authors identify the place of this work within the framework of Ibn Rushd's theological and philosophical heritage. They see in this treatise the philosopher’s Credo where he brings forward the rational foundation of Islamic dogmatics. This foundation lays within the argumentation of the Holy Qur’an as the alternative of the methods of Kalam. They also highlight the basic principles of Ibn Rushd’s criticism of the Asharites, in the first instance the concept about the five modes of argumentation and the concept of allegorical exegesis, an original version of which was elaborated by Ibn Rushd himself.