Greek Philosophy in Arabic: Its Encounter with Kalām
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- Which change in kalām is connected with the translation of Greek philosophy into Arabic?
- Which description best captures the relationship between the Ashʿarī and Māturīdī approaches?
- What does taghlīb explain when some later writers use “Ashʿarīs” for both traditions?
- What is the central technical question in the dispute concerning takwīn?
- What is the principal methodological caution when discussing takfīr of people of the qiblah?
- Someone holds a correct creed but cannot construct its formal proof. Which issue directly concerns this case?
- How should “I am a believer, God willing” be analyzed?
- What is the first requirement in analyzing ḥusn and qubḥ?
- What distinguishes affirming divine wisdom from asserting an externally imposed obligation upon God?
- Which two claims should be distinguished in the debate about sending messengers?
- Which account best fits the engagement with Greek philosophy after translation?
- How should the references to al-Maʾmūn and Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq be understood?
- Which distinction between the term falsafah and substantive doctrines is sound?
- How should one assess an argument claiming the world has always existed?
- Which contrast is relevant to the debate over ījāb al-ṣāniʿ?
- When would knowledge of universals entail ignorance of particulars?
- How are denial of bodily resurrection and denial of divine knowledge of particulars related?
- What is the better scholarly procedure when refuting a philosophical argument?
- Why did later kalām engage topics from natural philosophy and metaphysics?
- Which classical discipline most directly studies the movement and physical properties of a body?
- Where do the general notions of being, necessity, cause and effect belong in classical classification?
- What is the distinction between conceiving a sphere and an existing physical ball?
- A theologian uses a sphere as a mathematical illustration. What follows?
- Which statement about early and later kalām is properly qualified?
- Why is kalām described as a foundation of religious rulings?
- What does NOT follow from calling kalām foundational?
- Using a logical term from Greek philosophy necessarily means accepting all its theological conclusions.
- Differences over takwīn, the muqallid’s faith, and moral evaluation are among the technical debates associated with Ashʿarī and Māturīdī thought.
- Classical classification distinguishes a mathematical form conceived in the mind from its material external instance.
- Recognizing kalām’s importance means that every historical theory in natural philosophy is binding religious doctrine.