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Demonstration
al-burhān
البُرْهَان
(burhān) is a composed of (yaqīniyyāt), and so yields a certain .
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Explanation
Of the it is the only one that produces certainty. The others are judged by what their are: widely accepted, accepted on trust, imagined, or merely resembling the truth.
Its are the six kinds of : , , , , and those that carry their proof with them.
Also written as: burhan, burhaan, demonstrative proof.
In the text
الْبُرْهَانُ هُوَ: قِيَاسٌ مُؤَلَّفٌ مِنْ مُقَدِّمَاتٍ يَقِينِيَّةٍ لِإِنْتَاجِ يَقِينِيَّاتٍ،Demonstration is a syllogism composed of certain premises in order to produce certain conclusions.وَالْعُمْدَةُ هُوَ الْبُرْهَانُ لَا غَيْرُ. انْتَهَى.What can be relied on is demonstration, and nothing else. The end.Related terms
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Question 1
Demonstration (burhān) is a syllogism composed of…
قِيَاسٌ مُؤَلَّفٌ مِنْ مُقَدِّمَاتٍ يَقِينِيَّةٍ
The matn defines as a composed of (yaqīniyyāt).
Question 2
A syllogism is built only from certain premises. What does it yield?
Because its are certain, yields a certain .
Question 3
Of the five arts, which produce certainty?
is the only one of the that produces certainty; the matn ends: what can be relied on is demonstration, and nothing else.
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