Series | Knowledge Hegemonies in the Early Modern World
Monograph | Verifying the Truth on Their Own Terms
Chapter | 3 • What the Sources Say
3 • What the Sources Say
The Sociocultural Context of the Zeyrek-Ḫocazāde Debate
Abstract
The debate at hand between two prominent Ottoman scholars Zeyrek and Ḫocazāde, which was constructed through a limited number of primary source materials, concerned a hefty philosophical/theological topic regarding the validity of the philosophers’ proof of God’s unicity. In addition to the single extant copies of each scholar’s response, there are only a few extant descriptions of the actual event, compiled more than a century later.
Abstract
The debate at hand between two prominent Ottoman scholars Zeyrek and Ḫocazāde, which was constructed through a limited number of primary source materials, concerned a hefty philosophical/theological topic regarding the validity of the philosophers’ proof of God’s unicity. In addition to the single extant copies of each scholar’s response, there are only a few extant descriptions of the actual event, compiled more than a century later.
Submitted: Sept. 30, 2021 | Accepted: Aug. 23, 2022 | Published March 7, 2023 | Language: en
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