From Legal Theory to Erkenntnistheorie: Ibn Taymiyya on Tawātur as the Ultimate Guarantor of Human Cognition
Abstract This article presents and analyzes Ibn Taymiyya’s views on tawātur in uṣūl al-fiqh and as the basis of a generalized epistemological system. In legal theory, Ibn Taymiyya expands the umbrella of what is “functionally equivalent to the mutawātir,” extending epistemic certainty to a wide rang...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Oriens
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 6-61 |
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Epistemology
B Legal Theory B tawātur B Ibn Taymiyya B Reason |
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