The Final Word : al-Dawani and the Liar Paradox in the Islamic World

著者名：Alwishah, Ahmed/Sanson, David

Oxford University Press（2026/02/10発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780197609941
• eISBN：9780197609965

Description

This book offers a comprehensive study of the history of the Liar Paradox in the Islamic philosophical tradition up to the 15th century, including the first complete English translation of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawānī's treatise, Final Word. The book explores connections in the tradition between the Liar and topics in philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and theological ethics. These include theories of truth, the principle of bivalence, puzzles about negation and empty terms, the Frege-Geach problem, theories of quotation, the distinction between declarative and non-declarative speech acts, and the opposition between truth as good and falsehood as evil. Solutions are grouped into four categories: that the Liar is, or needs to be, two declaratives rather than one; that the Liar is false because self-contradictory; that self-referential declaratives like the Liar cannot be true or false; al-Dawānī's claim, that the Liar fails to establish an imitation relation between itself and an imitation-independent fact, and so fails to be a truth-apt representation. The authors suggest a connection between this last idea and Kripke's claim that the Liar fails to be a statement because its truth conditions are ungrounded.

Table of Contents

Part I: A History of the Liar in the Islamic WorldChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Liar and the Definition of the DeclarativeChapter 3: The Liar as Theological WeaponChapter 4: Two Declaratives?Chapter 5: The Liar as Self-ContradictoryChapter 6: The Liar as Failed CorrespondenceChapter 7: The Liar as Failed ImitationPart II: The Final Word in Solving the Paradox of the Irrational RootPreambleThe Introduction: Articulation of the ParadoxThe Middle: On articulating the solutions that were mentioned by [scholars] prior to and contemporary to us, and explaining what they are, and their strengths and weaknessesOn al-Taftazani (1322-1390)On al-Katibi (d. 1276 CE)On Samarqandi (1250-1310)al-Tusi (1201-1274) and al-Hilli (1250-1325)al-Dashtaki on al-Tusi and al-Hillial-Jurjani's (1339-1414) Solution According to al-Dashtakial-Jurjani's Reply According to Some other ReportsIbn Kammuna's (1215-1284) Solutional-Dashtaki on Ibn KammunaDawani's Critiques of Ibn Kammuna's Solutional-Dashtaki's SolutionDawani's Critique of al-Dashtaki's SolutionConclusionThe Solution of the Paradox Objections From al-DashtakiBack MatterReferencesPrimary Sources in ArabicAll Other Sources