Is mathematics the axiomatic ground on which the philosophy of Brotherhood of Safa is based?

Name: Is mathematics the axiomatic ground on which the philosophy of Brotherhood of Safa is based?
Author: Kılıç, Muhammet Fatih, Koçhan, Metin, Şimşek, Ahmet

Title	Is mathematics the axiomatic ground on which the philosophy of Brotherhood of Safa is based?
Author	Kılıç, Muhammet Fatih, Koçhan, Metin, Şimşek, Ahmet
Publication Place	Mardin Artuklu University Publications - Mardin Artuklu University Publications
Subject	Artuklu Akademi, 2017-12, Vol.4 (2), p.77-95
Type	Book
Language	ara,tur
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Leitir Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2148-3264, EISSN: 2148-3264, EISSN: 2687-427X
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_16fb258075c4464c980e3bbadf076000
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	The purpose of this article is IV/X. The aim is to investigate whether the Brotherhood of Safa, who lived as a philosophical community in Basra and its surroundings in the 19th century, used mathematics, which they frequently used, as an axiomatic basis for their philosophy in a consistent manner. What makes this investigation necessary is the Brotherhood's claim that mathematics, based on Pythagoreanism, is the basis of all sciences. In order to determine the validity of this claim, the relationship between mathematics and the natural and theological sciences, which the Brotherhood mentioned among the philosophical sciences, is analyzed through some examples in this article. The teleological evidence and its implications, developed by the Brotherhood to prove the existence of God, follow a course from mathematics to metaphysics, as they are based on mathematical calculation, order and balance in nature. This course gives the impression that the Brotherhood placed mathematics at the basis of its thoughts. However, in mathematical references on metaphysical issues such as God's existence, unity, and the emanation of all beings from God, the Brotherhood ignores 0, does not accept 1 as a number, and accepts an ontological hierarchy among numbers. In such statements, it is seen that the Brotherhood did not take into account the developments in the field of mathematics made in its period, and instead remained under the influence of the Pythagoreans. For this reason, the Brotherhood sometimes detaches mathematics from its context and continues to read it based on metaphysical doctrines. This greatly weakens the Brotherhood's claim that mathematics is the basis of all sciences, as it progresses from metaphysics to mathematics.
Detaylı Başlık	Matematik, İhvân-ı Safâ felsefesinin dayandığı aksiyomatik zemin midir?

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Is mathematics the axiomatic ground on which the philosophy of Brotherhood of Safa is based?

Author Kılıç, Muhammet Fatih, Koçhan, Metin, Şimşek, Ahmet

Publication Place Mardin Artuklu University Publications - Mardin Artuklu University Publications

Subject Artuklu Akademi, 2017-12, Vol.4 (2), p.77-95

Type Book

Language ara,tur

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Leitir Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2148-3264, EISSN: 2148-3264, EISSN: 2687-427X

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_16fb258075c4464c980e3bbadf076000

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes The purpose of this article is IV/X. The aim is to investigate whether the Brotherhood of Safa, who lived as a philosophical community in Basra and its surroundings in the 19th century, used mathematics, which they frequently used, as an axiomatic basis for their philosophy in a consistent manner. What makes this investigation necessary is the Brotherhood's claim that mathematics, based on Pythagoreanism, is the basis of all sciences. In order to determine the validity of this claim, the relationship between mathematics and the natural and theological sciences, which the Brotherhood mentioned among the philosophical sciences, is analyzed through some examples in this article. The teleological evidence and its implications, developed by the Brotherhood to prove the existence of God, follow a course from mathematics to metaphysics, as they are based on mathematical calculation, order and balance in nature. This course gives the impression that the Brotherhood placed mathematics at the basis of its thoughts. However, in mathematical references on metaphysical issues such as God's existence, unity, and the emanation of all beings from God, the Brotherhood ignores 0, does not accept 1 as a number, and accepts an ontological hierarchy among numbers. In such statements, it is seen that the Brotherhood did not take into account the developments in the field of mathematics made in its period, and instead remained under the influence of the Pythagoreans. For this reason, the Brotherhood sometimes detaches mathematics from its context and continues to read it based on metaphysical doctrines. This greatly weakens the Brotherhood's claim that mathematics is the basis of all sciences, as it progresses from metaphysics to mathematics.

Detaylı Başlık Matematik, İhvân-ı Safâ felsefesinin dayandığı aksiyomatik zemin midir?