%0 Journal Article
%T IBN AL-MAL¨¡£¿IM¨©¡¯S CRITICISM OF PHILOSOPHERS¡¯ VIEWS ON GOD¡¯S KNOWLEDGE OF PARTICULARS
%A Orhan £¿ener Kolo£¿lu
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%D 2018
%X One of the controversial arguments of Islamic philosophers is that, according to them, God knows particulars as universals. For al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©, such an argument means that God does not know particulars, whereupon he accuses philosophers for falling into unbelief (kufr). The foregoing accusation by al-Ghaz¨¡l¨© makes this argument an ever-green point of debate for Islamic theology (kal¨¡m) and philosophy. Ibn al-Mal¨¡£¿im¨©, the Mu£¿talizite theologian, is among the criticisers of mentioned philosophical view. Addressing the problem in his Tu£¿fat al-mutakallim¨©n f¨© al-radd £¿al¨¡ al-Fal¨¡sifa, Ibn al-Mal¨¡£¿im¨©, however, brings forth an approach different from that of al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©. Contrary to al-Ghaz¨¡l¨©, he does not interpret the philosophers¡¯ view as an argument that God does not know particulars. Indeed, according to Ibn al-Mal¨¡£¿im¨©, philosophers already accept that God does not know particulars. Therefore, his main objective is to refute the view that God does not know particulars. For this purpose, Ibn al-Mal¨¡£¿im¨© tries to explain that knowledge of particulars does not lead to any change in the self/essence (dh¨¡t) of God. There is a unique aspect to the perspective of Ibn al-Mal¨¡£¿im¨©. According to him, even though philosophers deny that God knows particulars, their view actually means God does know particular
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/uluifd/issue/41319/499530