Received Wisdom: The Use of Authority in Medieval Islamic Philosophy, 2021
By: Peter Adamson
Title Received Wisdom: The Use of Authority in Medieval Islamic Philosophy
Type Article
Language English
Date 2021
Journal Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement
Volume 89
Pages 99-115
Categories Law, Epistemology
Author(s) Peter Adamson
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
In this paper I challenge the notion that medieval philosophy was characterized by strict adherence to authority. In particular, I argue that to the contrary, self-consciously critical reflection on authority was a widespread intellectual virtue in the Islamic world. The contrary vice, called ‘taqlīd’, was considered appropriate only for those outside the scholarly elite. I further suggest that this idea was originally developed in the context of Islamic law and was then passed on to authors who worked within the philosophical tradition.

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アヴェロエス研究 - 二重真理説, 1982
By: Chisato Tanaka
Title アヴェロエス研究 - 二重真理説
Translation Averroes Research - The Double-Truth-Theory
Type Article
Language Japanese
Date 1982
Journal Kinki Daigaku Kyōyōbu Kenkyū Kiyō
Volume 13
Issue 3
Pages 157-172
Categories Law, Epistemology, Theology
Author(s) Chisato Tanaka
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)

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Received Wisdom: The Use of Authority in Medieval Islamic Philosophy, 2021
By: Peter Adamson
Title Received Wisdom: The Use of Authority in Medieval Islamic Philosophy
Type Article
Language English
Date 2021
Journal Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement
Volume 89
Pages 99-115
Categories Law, Epistemology
Author(s) Peter Adamson
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
In this paper I challenge the notion that medieval philosophy was characterized by strict adherence to authority. In particular, I argue that to the contrary, self-consciously critical reflection on authority was a widespread intellectual virtue in the Islamic world. The contrary vice, called ‘taqlīd’, was considered appropriate only for those outside the scholarly elite. I further suggest that this idea was originally developed in the context of Islamic law and was then passed on to authors who worked within the philosophical tradition.

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アヴェロエス研究 - 二重真理説, 1982
By: Chisato Tanaka
Title アヴェロエス研究 - 二重真理説
Translation Averroes Research - The Double-Truth-Theory
Type Article
Language Japanese
Date 1982
Journal Kinki Daigaku Kyōyōbu Kenkyū Kiyō
Volume 13
Issue 3
Pages 157-172
Categories Law, Epistemology, Theology
Author(s) Chisato Tanaka
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)

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