Islamic Disputation Theory

Overall, this investigation looks at the extent to which the development of Islamic modes of disputation is rooted in Aristotle and the classical tradition. The author reconstructs the contents of the earliest systematic treatment of the subject by b. al-R?wand?. He then contrasts the theological understanding of dialectic with the teachings of the Arab Aristotelians-al-F?r?b?, Avicenna, and Averroes. Next, the monograph shows how jurists took over the theological method of dialectic and applied it to problems peculiar to jurisprudence.