Incompleteness of Theological Tawaqquf under Adamic Exceptionalism
Theological Tawaqquf holds that if Islamic scripture is silent on a proposition, neither it nor its negation can be affirmed. Applied to Adamic Exceptionalism—specifically, human existence before Adam’s descent—Malik and Jalajel adopt a non-committal stance. I argue that Theological Tawaqquf fails a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2026
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Theology and science
Year: 2026, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 127-143 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamic Theology
B Theological Tawaqquf B Formal Logic B Adamic Exceptionalism B Incomplete Theory |
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| Summary: | Theological Tawaqquf holds that if Islamic scripture is silent on a proposition, neither it nor its negation can be affirmed. Applied to Adamic Exceptionalism—specifically, human existence before Adam’s descent—Malik and Jalajel adopt a non-committal stance. I argue that Theological Tawaqquf fails as a complete theory because it violates negation completeness. The implications of this contravene classical logic, induce an epistemic limitation, and render Adamic Exceptionalism systematically incomplete. By generating undecidable propositions, Theological Tawaqquf proves inadequate as a theological methodology, necessitating a re-evaluation of Adamic Exceptionalism’s (theoretical) viability. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2025.2546688 |
