Causes of Knowledge: Definition, Certainty and Sources
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- In the primary definition, what does ṣifah mean?
- What is the scope of tajallī in the definition?
- What problem arises if al-madhkūr is replaced by only “existent”?
- Knowing “there is no elephant in this room” does NOT entail what?
- Which distinction between possible and impossible is correct?
- What does the alternate definition emphasize?
- Why is applying “contradictory” to conception and judgment a question?
- What must be fixed when identifying a contradiction?
- What commonly characterizes ẓann as contrasted with certain ʿilm?
- Why is intense subjective confidence insufficient for genuine knowledge?
- How should “complete disclosure” be understood here?
- What key distinction is made about created and divine knowledge?
- Which is the specified threefold classification?
- Why is “sound” used to qualify the senses?
- Which principle concerning reports is correct?
- Which is an example of using reason?
- What does “by induction” indicate here?
- How can senses, report, and reason cooperate in one inquiry?
- Why distinguish cause, instrument, and channel?
- What is the role of jary al-ʿādah in the theological account?
- Which confusion does the distinction between ultimate and proximate cause correct?
- Which example best illustrates inner awareness?
- How should experience and reasoning be related?
- How should an objection from intuition and inner awareness be addressed?
- A learner hears an explanation but does not grasp the proof. What does this show?
- A past event is known without direct observation through a well-grounded truthful account. Which is the salient route?
- Knowing a true judgment about an absent thing entails that it exists externally.
- “Zayd is present today” and “Zayd is absent tomorrow” are necessarily contradictory.
- The threefold division of sound senses, truthful report, and reason concerns created knowers.
- Sensory apprehension, testimony, and rational understanding may all contribute to one inquiry.