The Epistemic Value of Hearsay in Muslim Theology. In this study, we deal with the

Year 2007, Volume: 48 Issue: 2, 83 - 100, 01.08.2007

Mustafa Bozkurt

https://doi.org/10.1501/Ilhfak_0000000944

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Abstract

reasons of why Muslim theologians have accepted the epistemic value of “hearsay”(khabar) intheir doctrine of knowledge. As an evidential source of knowledge, “hearsay”, which is not aseparate source of knowledge in philosophical traditions, has been seen as an independent andsignificant source of knowledge among Muslim theologians. Muslim theologians seem to haveentertained an all-inclusive, none-deductive, methodology in the cognitive field. In this regard,Muslim theologians consider “the authentic hearsay” as the most reliable source of knowledge.The authentic hearsay is categorized under two categories: 1.mutevatir hearsay, which is based onthe testimony of a group of people that cannot be thought to be lying; 2. the direct message of TheProphet

Keywords

Hearsay, khabar, kalam, sourc of knowledge, certain knowledge, epistemologic value, Muslimtheology

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