From logic in Islam to Islamic logic (Q523294): Difference between revisions

From the author's abstract: This paper ``speaks of (i) the different manifestations of using logical reasoning, particularly analogy, in \textit{Qur'ānic} arguments, e.g. for the existence of God and resurrection after death; (ii) some contradictions or paradoxes reported by different opponents in the verses of \textit{Qur'ān}; (iii) the place of logic in the classification of disciplines and the courses taught at the schools and seminaries; (iv) the influence of the attitudes of different religious sects on logic; (v) the instrumental role of logic for both religious and secular reasonings; (vi) the relation between reason and dogmatic religious doctrines, and, finally, (vii) the reflection of this relation on progress or recession of logic in medieval Islamic world.''