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- Title
IV. Yüzyıl İslâm Kelâmında İrade Hürriyeti Anlayışları: Tarihî Bağlamında Bâkıllânî'nin İnsan Fiilleri Teorisi.
- Authors
ÖZDEMİR, Zeynep Büşra; PARLAK DURMUŞ, Gülay
- Abstract
Man's individual responsibility is a very central notion in Muslim theology. Rational foundations for moral responsibility presuppose, however, that man has in some way control over his actions. It was therefore of central concern to theologians to formulate theories of action that were coherent enough to account for human self-determination. This article examines al-Bâqillânı's reflections on human acts and attempts to contextualise his thought within the discussions of his time. I will briefly review the Muctazilites' theory of freedom of action, against which the Ascarite school developed its own position. I will then outline the fundamentals of the opposing standpoint adopted by Abü al-Hasan al-Ascarı, who proposed to base human self-determination on voluntariness. Finally, I will discuss how al-Bâqillânı drew on and further developed al-Ascarî's ideas. Based on the extant volumes of al-Bâqillânı's Hidâyat al-mustarsidın, I argue that he attempts to coherently organise the school's understanding of the famous theory of "acquisition" (kasb) by affirming two fundamental principles: a) that human acts are created by God and b) that there is nevertheless a real correlation between man and his "acquired" acts.
- Subjects
ISLAMIC theology; ACTION theory (Psychology); RESPONSIBILITY; HUMAN behavior; THEOLOGIANS
- Publication
KADER, 2021, Vol 19, Issue 1, p377
- ISSN
2602-2710
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18317/kaderdergi.916361