The ninth issue (4/3) of Nazariyat Journal of Islamic Philosophy and History of Science Research is now available for researchers. Since 2014, the ninth (4/3) issue of Nazariyat, which is published semi-annually in Turkish and English as an international refereed journal and indexed by many national and international indexes such as ESCI, ATLA, Philosopher's Index, Erih Plus, Index Islamicus, ULAKBIM, consists of four articles, one review article and four book reviews.
The first article of the issue belongs to Mustakim Arıcı and is titled "Is It Possible to Speak of an Illuminationist Cult in the Ottoman Scholarly World? An Analysis of the Ottoman Ulama's Conception of Illuminationism". The article seeks answers to the questions of how Illuminationist philosophy and Illuminationism were perceived by Ottoman scholars and whether there was an "Illuminationist-minded" community in the Ottoman Empire.
The second article of the issue belongs to Murat Kaş and is titled "The Reception of the Mental Existence Debates in the Post-Classical Period: An Analysis in the Context of the Relationship between Knowledge and Mental Being". In this article, Kaş writes about the channels and channels that carried the mental existence debate, which began to take shape with Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's criticisms, through the historical process; the nature of the relationship between knowledge and mental existence; the analysis of the criticism regarding the category of knowledge; and the responses and solutions produced in response to this criticism.
The third article of the journal is Mehmet Özturan's "An Introduction to the Criticism of the Theory of Definition in the Islamic Logic Tradition: Is a Complete Definition a Definition by Itself?" In this article, Özturan investigates Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's criticism of complete definition, which points to the problem of defining something by itself. On the other hand, Taşköprīzāda's counter-argument, which argues that complete definition is possible, is evaluated by the author in the context of al-Rāzī's criticism.
The last article of the issue is Mehmet Gel's "Discussing Sufi Knowledge in the Eighteenth Century Ottoman Empire: An Analysis of the Debate between Saçaḳlīzāde and 'Alamī on the Ledunnî Knowledge and Inspiration". In the article, Mehmet Gel analyzes the example of Saçaḳlīzāda and 'Alamī regarding the discussions on Sufi knowledge in the Ottoman period. In addition, Orkhan Musakhanov's "Tahkik and Translation of Saçaḳlīzāde's Risālat al-jaḥāb" is also included at the end of the article.
Pauline Froissart contributed to this issue of Nazariyat with her article "A Swiss Watch in the Desert: An Evaluation of Moshe M. Pavlov's Books on Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī's Philosophy". In this article, Froissart critically evaluates Pavlov's two recent books on Abū al-Barakāt al-Baghdādī's philosophy, pointing out the blindnesses that can arise from considering al-Baghdādī only within the context of ancient philosophy and Judaism, neglecting Islamic philosophy.
This issue of Nazariyat also includes four book reviews. Aytekin Özel reviews Harun Kuşlu's The Logic of Propositions in Nasīruddin Tūsī; Duygu Yıldırım reviews Elias Muhanna's The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition by Elias Muhanna; Fatma Karaismail reviews Ali Tekin's Being and Reason: The Theory of Burhān in Aristotle and al-Fārābī; and Zeynep Şeker reviews Mehmet Bulğen's Criticisms of Atomism in Classical Islamic Thought.
