Criticism of Ibn Taymiyyah on the Aristotelian Logical Proposition
Abstract
This article deals with Ibn Taymiyyah’s criticism of the Aristotelian logical proposition. According to Ibn Taymiyyah, all universal judgments are in fact particular judgments. Therefore, the transition is from the particular to the universal. The basis for the axioms of proof is particular and not universal, and is founded upon experience and not on the intellect. This means that a person arrives at the particular proposition before the universal one.
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