Ādāb al-baḥth wa-l-munāẓara: The Neglected Art of Disputation in Later Medieval Islam
(2016) Arabic Sciences and Philosophy : a historical journal — Vol. 26, n° 2, p. 150-171 (2016)
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- (en) Is it possible to invent a science that sets the rules for an ethical, logical and effective debate? Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi (died in the first half of the 14th century), a logician and H.anafi jurist thought it possible. He undertook the task of developing a general theory of scientific discussion that had a tremendous success and impact on Muslim scholarship. Adab al-bah.th wa-al-munaz.ara, as he called it, is a set of ethical and logical principles, taken from Aristotelian logic and Islamic law. His major treatise Risalat Adab al-bah.th, initiated a new discipline in which dozens of treatises, commentaries and glosses were written. In my contribution, I will shed light on this neglected science, describe its structure, expose its functions and highlight its significance for the development of debates and intellectual dialogues in the later medieval Islam
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Belhaj, A. (2016). Ādāb al-baḥth wa-l-munāẓara: The Neglected Art of Disputation in Later Medieval Islam. Arabic Sciences and Philosophy : a historical journal, 26(2), 150-171. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0957423916000059 (Original work published 2016)