Akyuz, Turgut; Aliyev, Elmin

Fakh al-Din al-Razi is considered as the initiator (al-imam/authority) of the "mutaahhir" period, an important period in the history of logic. And the subject of this article is about “al-Mantiq al-Kabir”, his most comprehensive work on logic. The critical edition of the work has not been prepared for reasons such as being a single copy and having no record that it belongs to al-Razi, and no work has been done on it yet. However, al-Mantiq al-Kabir is the first large-scale and independent work of Razi on logic, and in this respect it is among the sources of his other works such as al-Mulahhas, Sarh al-Isharat va al-Tanbihat and Sharh al-Uyun al-Hikmah.Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Akyuz, Turgut

Our first decision to study Fakhraddīn al-Râzî's al-Mantiq al-Kabīr (The Major Book on Logic) was within the framework of Ph.D. dissertation. Some debates about the belonging of the work necessitated facing some difficulties at the beginning. But this work was completed with the permission of Allah with the encouragement and appreciation of our supervisor and other scholars. The fact is that some reasons, such as those indicated below have caused some doubts and objections about the belonging of this work to the author: the work has a single manuscript copy; this is not an author copy and includes some different records; there is not any reference to it by the author's students; such a work belonging to the author is not mentioned in classical bibliography sources; and finally al-Qazwînî, who wrote a commentary on al-Râzî, declares that he did not see this work. However, Râzî himself referred to this work in his later works. By comparing with other known works, it is seen that the work is original. As a matter of fact, we tried to examine the known authors as much as we can and we did not come across such a work belonging to another author. Also, considering that the inner integrity of the work is consistent with other works belonging to al-Râzî, we have convinced that al-Mantiq al-Kabīr, which is the biggest logic work after Ibn Sînâ’s al-Shifa, belongs to Fakhraddīn al-Râzî. It is possible to mention that some differences in the work are due to the writing of the work in the early period

Akyuz, Turgut

Bu çalışmamızda Fahreddîn er-Râzî’nin aklı nasıl tarif ettiği, aklı nefsin diğer güçleriyle nasıl ilişkilendirdiği, aklın temel fonksiyonlarını ve akıl-duyu ilişkisini ne şekilde konumlandırdığı gibi konulara değinilecektir. Amacımız klasik dönemde akıldan ne anlaşıldığı, aklın sınırları ve akli olanın şartlarının nasıl tanımlandığı hususlarına katkıda bulunmaktır. Zira aklın tanımı, bilim tanımı ve din-bilim-felsefe ilişkisine dair tartışmalarda kilit noktalardan biridir. Çalışmada müellife ait eserler esas alınmıştır. Gerekli durumlarda kendisine kaynaklık eden diğer müelliflerin görüşlerine de değinilmiştir. Ayrıca çalışmada zaman zaman modern dönem görüşleri ile de karşılaşma yapılmaya çalışılmıştır.

Akyuz, Turgut

In this article our aim is to consider the concepts of “analytic” and “synthetic”. Namely Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), one of determinant persons of the Modern period from the standpoint of religious, scientific and philosophical studies, is base his metaphysical and logical views upon these concepts. Thus, we will to examine these two concepts taking into account their classical roots and new meanings/positions conferred by Kant. In generally, our study will be based on Kant’s main works. However from time to time, we will benefit from the works of experts on Kant’s thought. And in the context of classical sources, we will refer to the works of Aristotle, Alfarabi and Avicenna as well as the works of Avicenna’s commentators, if it will be seen necessary.