Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
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Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theological work
ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| addresses |
criteria for valid religious belief
ⓘ
interpretation of anthropomorphic scriptural expressions ⓘ relationship between philosophy and theology ⓘ |
| aim |
critical examination of Islamic theological methods
ⓘ
defense of rationalist approach to religious doctrine ⓘ |
| author |
Averroes
ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Rushd
|
| concerns |
limits of dialectical theology
ⓘ
standards for certainty in religious knowledge ⓘ |
| criticizes | dialectical methods of kalām theologians ⓘ |
| doctrinalStance | defends philosophical understanding of creed (ʿaqīda) ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic philosophy of religion
ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
kalām critique ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
later Islamic philosophical theology
ⓘ
modern scholarship on Averroes ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
learned Muslim theologians and jurists
ⓘ
students of philosophy and kalām ⓘ |
| mainLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | preserved in Arabic manuscript collections ⓘ |
| methodologicalStance | prefers demonstrative proofs over rhetorical and dialectical arguments ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence | Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | rationalism ⓘ |
| positionOnReason | affirms compatibility of reason and revelation ⓘ |
| positionOnScripture | advocates interpretive reading of scriptural texts ⓘ |
| regionOfComposition |
Al-Andalus
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Faṣl al-Maqāl
ⓘ
Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ
surface form:
Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
|
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| subject |
divine attributes
ⓘ
epistemology of religious belief ⓘ eschatology ⓘ existence of God ⓘ methods of theological proof ⓘ prophethood ⓘ |
| supports | demonstrative reasoning (burhān) ⓘ |
| theologicalSchoolDiscussed |
Ash'ari
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashʿarism
Islamic kalam ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic kalām
Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ
surface form:
Muʿtazilism
|
| titleTranslation | The Book of the Unveiling of the Methods of Proof ⓘ |
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