Aristotelian Logic in the Islamic World: The Dialectic of Acceptance and Rejection

Kadi, Khalfallah; Baghdad, Bendida

دراسات وأبحاث
Volume 17, Numéro 4, Pages 494-505
2025-10-15

Aristotelian Logic In The Islamic World: The Dialectic Of Acceptance And Rejection

Authors : Kadi Khalfallah . Baghdad Bendida .

Abstract

The translation movement of Muslim philosophers had a serious impact on Islamic logical thinking. The impact provided an integration of Aristotle's logic with Islamic sciences, and this enabled it to penetrate deeply into theological and legal argument. As a result, the majority of Islamic scholars asserted that it was a religious obligation to study logic. While as much as many of them admired Aristotelian logic and some of the Muslim scholars accepted it, its opinions were still divided. Writers were primarily in two groups: The first group embraced and supported Aristotelian logic. Their numbers included an appreciable number of philosophers that not only accepted this science but also evolved it throughout centuries, spreading it over lands such as Persia, the Levant, and the Islamic Maghreb. The second group rejected it. Some jurists and theologians viewed logic as a danger to religious doctrine. They opposed its use, and in some cases, individuals who engaged with it were stigmatized or punished.