Dawānī (d. 1502) and Dashtakī (d. 1498) on Primary (awwalī) and Familiar (mutaʿāraf) Predication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21039197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Khaled El-Rouayheb (0000-0001-7229-0009, James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and of Islamic Intellectual History, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts United States of America, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oriens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0078-6527 • E-ISSN: 1877-8372 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18778372-12340031 |
| OpenAlex | W4387405656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The present article explores the motivations that led Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawānī (d. 1502) to draw the distinction between what he called “primary predication” ( ḥaml awwalī ) and “familiar predication” ( ḥaml mutaʿāraf or ḥaml shāʾiʿ ). These motivations include allowing for the predication of particulars, such as “This is Zayd” and accounting for apparently true self-negations, such as “The [concept] particular is not a particular.” The article also explores some criticisms of this distinction by Dawānī’s contemporary and rival Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Dashtakī (d. 1498). Despite these criticisms, Dawānī’s distinction was adopted, adapted, and emphasized by the Safavid scholar Mīr Dāmād (d. 1631). Mīr Dāmād’s influence, in turn, accounts for the prominence given to the distinction in later centuries among Iranian and Indo-Muslim logicians
Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Negation · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |