Researcher: Islamic Dialectics and Legal Theory
Special Announcements Dr. Rahmi Oruç Congratulations to Dr. Rahmi Oruç, on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation (Ibn Haldun University, 2022) entitled “What do we do with arguments: Situating Munazara in contemporary argumentation scholarship.” Methodos special issue “Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of Language” In June we were very pleased to announce publication of the … More Announcements
The eighth lecture of the “Monthly Lectures on Islamic Legal Genres” hosted by Intisar Rabb, Hakkı Arslan, and Necmettin Kızılkaya will be: Walter Edward Young, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University „Form, Function and Historical Development of Genres of Juristic Dialectic (ʿilm al-jadal and ‘ilm al-khilāf)” to be held on August 25, Wednesday at 12pm (EST), … More Special Announcement: Forthcoming lecture on jadal and khilāf
“Dialectic in the religious sciences,” EI3 “Dialectic in the religious sciences” has at last been published in The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Third Edition (advance online update 2021-6; print fascicle coming in November 2021). Many thanks to the Encyclopaedia’s patient reviewers and copy-editors, and, of course, to its indefatigable and ever-helpful project manager, Abdurraouf Oueslati. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/dialectic-in-the-religious-sciences-COM_27351 … More Announcements
Call for papers for volume 22 (2022) of Methodos: “Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of Language” Guest Editors Shahid Rahman and Walter Young invite submission of papers to be published in “Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of Language,” the forthcoming issue of Methodos, the online review of the research unit « Savoirs, Textes, Langage » (UMR 8163 … More Special Announcements
NEW BOOK RELEASES: Islamic Disputation Theory: The Uses & Rules of Argument in Medieval Islam Larry Miller Over 35 years ago, Larry Benjamin Miller completed his field-founding doctoral dissertation, Islamic Disputation Theory, and opened the way to rediscovering an ocean of sophisticated, premodern dialectic and critical argumentation. Thanks to the kind encouragement of Shahid Rahman, … More Announcements
New Book Release: Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World, edited by Peter Adamson I am happy to announce the release of the eagerly awaited volume Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World, edited by Peter Adamson. De Gruyters link: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/490400 Contents: Philosophical Reflections in the Poetry of al-Shāfiʿī Tamer, Georges Ethics and Fiqh in … More Announcements
Our digital edition of the ʿAyn al-Naẓar by Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī is now online. I am very pleased to announce the online release of our digital edition of the ʿAyn al-Naẓar, a short Arabic treatise by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī (d. 722/1322) on three logical relationships essential to dialectical disputation. Collated from … More Special Announcement
Call for Papers Workshop on the History of Arabic Logic, University of St. Andrews (7-8 May 2019) Deadline: 01 Feb https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/workshop-on-the-history-of-arabic-logic/?fbclid=IwAR2qmVv1tvZnFNiUnnyGlilesqelkwPGdwribvlg6_YBaT87jwzFFUN6sGA Congratulations to Abdurrahim Bilik, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation: “Fıkhın Bir Alt Disiplini Olarak İlmu’l Hilaf” Here is the İSAM announcement: http://www.isam.org.tr/index.cfm?fuseaction=objects2.detail_content&cid=1416&cat_id=5 New / Recently Learned of Studies / Editions / … More Announcements
Coming soon (June 25-26) to UNILOG 2018, Vichy, France… LOGIC, LAW AND LEGAL REASONING Workshop at UNILOG’2018 organized by Shahid Rahman and Hans Christian Nordtveit Kvernenes; Dpt of Philosophy, Univ. Lille 3, UMR: 8163, STL, CNRS, France Keynote Speaker Walter Edward Young; McGill University, Montréal, Canada “On the Formal Evolution of Islamic Juridical Dialectic” Matthias … More Announcements
New SSIDD Video Playlist: Dramatized Disputations https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbiAc08pGkXi0ZNSn2rscoqsKQtFW_rI7 Collection of “Dramatized Disputations,” mostly from Arabic miniseries, posted on the SSIDD’s YouTube channel Forthcoming Conference http://cchs.csic.es/sites/default/files/content/event/2018/majlis_crone_6.02.2018.pdf Patricia Crone Memorial Conference The Majlis Revisited: Inter- and intra-religious and cross-cultural disputations in the Islamicate world Casa Árabe, Cordoba 12-14 April, 2018 Organized by Camilla Adang; Sonja Brentjes; Maribel Fierro; … More Announcements
Society for the Study of Islamicate Dialectical Disputation (SSIDD) 