Al-Radd ʿalā al-Manṭiqiyyīn
Refutation of the Logicians
Ibn Taimiyaالرد على المنطقيين — ابن تيمية
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A polemical treatise by Ibn Taymiyya that dismantles Aristotelian (Greek) logic, critiques its epistemological premises, and proposes a Qurʾān-centred approach to reasoning and knowledge—an influential work in later debates on logic within Islamic thought.
Table of contents
Introduction
The First Station: The Negative Station in Definitions and Conceptions (In Their View: Non-Evident Conceptions Are Attained Only Through Definition)
The Second Station: The Affirmative Stance on Definitions and Conceptions (i.e., whether things can be conceived through definitions)
The Third Station: The Negative Position on Analogical Proofs and Affirmations in Their Statement "He Knows None of the Affirmations Except by Analogy"
The Fourth Station: Concerning Their Assertion that Syllogistic Reasoning Yields Knowledge of Affirmations