Aristotelian Dialectic, Medieval Jadal, and Medieval Scholastic Disputation
Mohammad Syifa Amin Widigdo
Although Greek dialectic has an influence on both Christian and Muslim scholarships in terms of structuring the argumentation, this article argues that each employs to serve their own purposes. If aims defeat opponent by showing logical contradictions, scholarship claims use search for truth, literature it arrive at a level certainty knowledge (either qaṭʿī or ghalabat al-ẓann). As result, further argues, contexts undergoes some modifications. In context, serves didactical purpose, which is find truth resides mind teacher. Islamic modified employed epistemological (qaṭʿī) psychological (ghalabat al-ẓann) religious knowledge.
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