LEADER 03393nam 2200541 450 001 9910822882103321 005 20240112051740.0 010 $a0-268-20338-5 035 $a(CKB)5580000000359000 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29377797 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29377797 035 $a(BIP)083165512 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000359000 100 $a20240112d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDon't Think for Yourself $eAuthority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy /$fPeter Adamson 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNotre Dame, Indiana :$cUniversity of Notre Dame Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (195 pages) 225 1 $aConway Lectures in Medieval Studies 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-268-20339-3 330 8 $aHow do we judge whether we should be willing to follow the views of experts or whether we ought to try to come to our own, independent views? This book seeks the answer in medieval philosophical thought. In this engaging study into the history of philosophy and epistemology, Peter Adamson provides an answer to a question as relevant today as it was in the medieval period: how and when should we turn to the authoritative expertise of other people in forming our own beliefs? He challenges us to reconsider our approach to this question through a constructive recovery of the intellectual and cultural traditions of the Islamic world, the Byzantine Empire, and Latin Christendom. Adamson begins by foregrounding the distinction in Islamic philosophy between taqld, or the uncritical acceptance of authority, and ijtihd, or judgment based on independent effort, the latter of which was particularly prized in Islamic law, theology, and philosophy during the medieval period. He then demonstrates how the Islamic tradition paves the way for the development of what he calls a "justified taqld," according to which one develops the skills necessary to critically and selectively follow an authority based on their reliability. The book proceeds to reconfigure our understanding of the relation between authority and independent thought in the medieval world by illuminating how women found spaces to assert their own intellectual authority, how medieval writers evaluated the authoritative status of Plato and Aristotle, and how independent reasoning was deployed to defend one Abrahamic faith against the other. This clear and eloquently written book will interest scholars in and enthusiasts of medieval philosophy, Islamic studies, Byzantine studies, and the history of thought. 410 0$aConway lectures in medieval studies. 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval$xIslamic influences 606 $aAuthority$xPhilosophy 606 $aIntellectual freedom 606 $aReason 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval$xIslamic influences. 615 0$aAuthority$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aIntellectual freedom. 615 0$aReason. 676 $a181.9 700 $aAdamson$b Peter$f1946-$01668305 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822882103321 996 $aDon't Think for Yourself$94119900 997 $aUNINA