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Work #957 · Mature

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
c. 1180 · Arabic
Theological treatise · Islamic philosophy / Andalusian falsafa

The Ash'arite kalām is defective; the proper proof of God is the philosophical-Aristotelian one that the Qur'ān itself endorses

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Attribute al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla (Mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Proof from motion — every motion presupposes a mover, regress cannot be infinite.

Space

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Natural order of cosmos as empirical basis of proof from providence.

Matter

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Material world's order pointing philosophically to providential creator.

Observer

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Philosophical theologian whose proofs meet demonstrative standards.

Energy

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Cosmic motion analysed by Prime Mover argument.

Information

al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Discrete proofs from motion and providence as demonstrative content.

Internal Tensions

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al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla

Critique not received in Eastern Sunni tradition; Ghazali's framework dominated. Influence ran through Latin-Christian Averroism, shaping Aquinas, Albertus Magnus, and the medieval natural-theological project.