Within Arabic logic, the Five Arts articulate a hierarchy of epistemic values structured by degrees of certainty. Certain knowledge is both the goal of logic and the outcome of properly structured logical processes. In the logical tradition, such knowledge is achieved through syllogistic reasoning, most notably through demonstrative (burhānī) syllogisms, whose certainty depends on both formal validity and the epistemic status of their premises.
This paper examines how the premises of demonstrati…
Read moreWithin Arabic logic, the Five Arts articulate a hierarchy of epistemic values structured by degrees of certainty. Certain knowledge is both the goal of logic and the outcome of properly structured logical processes. In the logical tradition, such knowledge is achieved through syllogistic reasoning, most notably through demonstrative (burhānī) syllogisms, whose certainty depends on both formal validity and the epistemic status of their premises.
This paper examines how the premises of demonstrative syllogisms are situated within a hierarchy of epistemic certainty and how their truth values determine the production of certain knowledge.
