1. Known concepts combined appropriately can clarify an unknown concept: definition.
2. Known judgments properly ordered can establish an unknown judgment: argument.
3. Nazar and fikr mean purposeful intellectual ordering from known to unknown.
4. Logic offers rules to avoid errors in definitions and arguments.
5. Its purpose is sound thinking; its subject concerns definitions and arguments used to acquire knowledge.
The next lesson examines signification (dalalah), convention (wad'), and their kinds.
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Nazar, Fikr and the Definition of Logic
1. Known concepts combined appropriately can clarify an unknown concept: definition.
2. Known judgments properly ordered can establish an unknown judgment: argument.
3. Nazar and fikr mean purposeful intellectual ordering from known to unknown.
4. Logic offers rules to avoid errors in definitions and arguments.
5. Its purpose is sound thinking; its subject concerns definitions and arguments used to acquire knowledge.
The next lesson examines signification (dalalah), convention (wad'), and their kinds.