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Shiraz Emerged As A New Philosophical Capital
- Shiraz became a major philosophical center after Baghdad's decline, hosting theologians who blended Kalam and Avicennian philosophy.
- Figures like al-Iji and al-Jurjani used Avicenna's ideas to defend Asharite theology, making Shiraz a hub before the Safavids.
The Shiraz Family Feud Turned Philosophical
- A bitter multi-generational feud erupted in late 1400s Shiraz between Sadr al-Din Dashtaki and Jalal al-Din Dawani with face-to-face debates and written attacks.
- Dashtaki's son Riyadh continued the vendetta, producing many polemical works against Dawani across logic and theology.
Two Rival Solutions To The Liar Paradox
- The Shiraz logicians tackled the Liar Paradox with rival solutions: Dawani denied paradoxical sentences are genuine statements while Sadr al-Din Dashtaki used first-order vs second-order truth distinctions.
- Dashtaki's second-order analysis locates the paradox in self-reference about the utterance itself.