Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World by Peter Adamson

Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World by Peter Adamson

This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy. In both sunni and shiite Islam, it became the norm for scholars to acquire a high level of expertise in the legal tradition. Thus some of the greatest names in the history of Aristotelianism were trained jurists, like Averroes, or commented on the status and nature of law, like al-Fārābī. While such authors sought to put law in its place relative to the philosophical disciplines, others criticized philosophy from a legal viewpoint, like al-Ghazālī and Ibn Taymiyya. But this collection of papers does not only explore the relative standing of law and philosophy. It also looks at how philosophers, theologians, and jurists answered philosophical questions that arise from jurisprudence itself. What is the logical structure of a well-formed legal argument? What standard of certainty needs to be attained in passing down judgments, and how is that standard reached? What are the sources of valid legal judgment and what makes these sources authoritative? May a believer be excused on grounds of ignorance? Together the contributions provide an unprecedented demonstration of the close connections between philosophy and law in Islamic society, while also highlighting the philosophical interest of texts normally studied only by legal historians.

Peter Adamson, LMU Munich, Germany.

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ISBN 13	9783110551976
ISBN 10	3110551977
Title	Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World
Author	Peter Adamson
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	De Gruyter
Year published	2019-09-02
Number of pages	328
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