Münazara” and the Internal Dimension of Argumentation Ethics

Münazara” and the Internal Dimension of Argumentation Ethics

IBN HALDUN UNIVERSITY THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS INSTITUTE DEPARTMENT OF CIVILIZATION STUDIES MA THESIS “MÜNAZARA” AND THE INTERNAL DIMENSION OF ARGUMENTATION ETHICS: A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON AHMED CEVDET’S ADAB-I SEDAD IN THE LIGHT OF SUFISM AND WESTERN ARGUMENTATION THEORIES LEONARD FAYTRE JUNE 2018 YÜKSEK LİSANS TEZİ ONAY SAYFASI Bu tez tarafımızca okunmuş olup kapsam ve nitelik açısından, Medeniyet Araştırmaları alanında Yüksek Lisans Derecesini alabilmek için yeterli olduğuna karar verilmiştir. KANAATİ İMZA Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk (Tez Danışmanı) Yrd. Doç. Dr. Önder Küçükural Prof. Dr. Alparslan Açıkgenç Bu tezin İbn Haldun Üniversitesi, Medeniyetler İttifakı Enstitüsü tarafından konulan tüm standartlara uygun şekilde yazıldığı teyit edilmiştir. Tarih Mühür/İmza AKADEMİK DÜRÜSTLÜK BEYANI Bu çalışmada yer alan tüm bilgilerin akademik kurallara ve etik ilkelere uygun olarak toplanıp sunulduğunu, söz konusu kurallar ve ilkelerin zorunlu kıldığı çerçevede, çalışmada özgün olmayan tüm bilgi ve belgelere, alıntılama standartlarına uygun olarak referans verilmiş olduğunu beyan ederim. Adı Soyadı: Leonard FAYTRE İmza: ABSTRACT “MÜNAZARA” AND THE INTERNAL DIMENSION OF ARGUMENTATION ETHICS: A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON AHMED CEVDET PASHA’S ADAB-I SEDAD IN THE LIGHT OF SUFISM AND WESTERN ARGUMENTATION THEORIES Faytre, Léonard MA in Civilization Studies Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk July 2018, 114 Pages Münazara is a contraction of Adab al-Bahs ve al-Münazara that could be translated as “Applied Ethics of Argumentation and Deliberation”. It refers to an institutionalized discipline of disputation that started from al-Sarmaqandi’s Risala fi Adab al-Bahs (mid. 13th century), comprehending juridical dialectics, philosophical dialectics and Sufi criticism of dialectics. After demonstrating the relation between Sufism and Münazara, I compare this eristic tradition with Western theories of argumentation, especially the New Dialectical School and the New Rhetorical School. I show that the main differences between these theories concern the understanding of “truth” and “ethics”. Based upon Ahmed Cevdet Paşa’s Adab-ı Sedad, I argue that argumentation discipline of Münazara does not only involve an external approach of ethics (i.e. etiquette) but also an internal one requiring from every discussant the control of their inner-self in order to implement a proper debate. I claim this internal dimension of argumentation ethics has not only a procedural role (conducting a proper debate) but also an epistemic one (defining what is not true). Keywords: Münazara, Internal Dimension of Argumentation Ethics, Sufism, Truth, Multiplex iv ÖZ MÜNAZARA VE TARTIŞMA EDEBİNİN İÇ BOYUTU: AHMED CEVDET PAŞA’NIN ADAB-I SEDAD ADLI ESERİ ÜZERİNDEN TASAVVUF VE BATI TARTIŞMA TEORİLERİ İLE MUKAYESELİ BİR İNCELEME Léonard, Faytre Medeniyet Araştırmaları Yüksek Lisans Programı Tez Danışmanı: Prof. Dr. Recep Şentürk Temmuz 2018, 114 sayfa Adab al-Bahs ve al-Münazara teriminin kısaca aynı anlamına taşıyan Münazara, Modern Türkçede “Tartışma ve Eleştirinin Edebi” olarak çevrilebilmektedir. Fıkıh, Kelam ve Tasavvufun Cedeli eleştirisinden ibaret olan Münazara, Semerkandi Risale fi adabi’l-bahs (m. XIII) adlı eserinden itibaren müesseseleştirilmiş bir tartışma metodunu ifade etmektedir. Bu tezde, Münazara ve Tasavvuf arasındaki mevcut ilişkilerin ispatıyla birlikte Münazaranın Batı Tartışma teorileriyle bir kıyası sunulmaktadır. Karşılaştırmamda teorilerin arasındaki en büyük farkın “doğru” (hak) ve “edep” (ahlak) kavramların anlamları olduğu açıklanmaktadır. Benim Ahmed Cevdet Paşa’nın Adab-ı Sedad adlı eserini çevirmemin üzerinden Münazara ilminin sadece edebinin dış boyutu değil edebinin iç boyutunu da vurguladığı öne çıkarılmaktadır. Başka bir ifadeyle Tartışmanın edebinin iki kişi arasındaki saygı ve ihtiramı önemsemesinden ziyade (yatay yaklaşımı) her tartışan kişinin kendi nefsini (ego) kontrol altında tutabilme gerektiğini ifade etmektedir (dikey yaklaşımı). Nihayet bu edebin iç boyutu, dürüst bir tartışma uygulamayı amaçlamakla birlikte bir epistemik rolü de taşımaktadır (doğru’nun ne olmadığını tasvir etmekte rolü var). Anahtar kelimeler: Münazara; Tartışmanın Edebinin İç Boyutu; Tasavvuf; Doğru; Katmanlı İlim v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank my thesis supervisor Professor Recep Şentürk that encouraged me to work on Münazara and, in addition to his intellectual and moral support, gave me the freedom to discover this discipline by my own. I would also like to thank all the professors and scholars of Alliance of Civilizations Institute at Ibn Haldun University, who have been actively involved in my research: Alparslan Açıkgenç, Önder Küçükural, Karim Sadik, Heba Raouf, Ercüment Asil and all the academic staff of “MEDIT” in a general manner. Without their kind assistance and inspiring tutoring I could not have been able to successfully conduct this thesis. I would also like to acknowledge Hamza Bekri and Ali Al Omari of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University for their priceless lectures on Islamic theology (kelam) and logic (mantık), Hidayet Erdoğan Hoca of ILAM for his prominent courses on Islamic jurisprudence (fıkh) and Mehmet Aktaş of ISAR for his personal comments on Münazara at the very beginning of my research. I want to thank my friends who shared their ideas and advises with me, especially Muhammad Makdod, Danish Naeem, Rahmi Oruç, Mehmet Tartık, Nurullah Keleş (and I do not forget, of course, Mohammed al-Tatari and Ibrahim al-Burjuazi). Finally, I must express my very profound gratitude to my parents and to my beloved wife for providing me with unfailing support and continuous encouragement throughout the process of researching and writing this thesis. This accomplishment would not have been possible without them. May Allah preserve all of them. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract…………………………………………………………………….................iv Öz .................................................................................................................................v Acknowledgement ……………………………………………………………….......vi Table of contents…………………………………………………..…........................ vii List of Tables…………………………………………………………………………viii Transcription……………………………………………………………….................ix 1.Introduction ………………………………………......................…..........................1 1.1. Central Argument, Research Question and Method ……………...….......1 1.2. Key Concepts: Münazara, Ethics, Sufism, Western Argumentation Theories..............................................................................................................3 1.3. Ahmed Cevdet Paşa and his Adab-ı Sedad (1294 H)…………….….…....4 1.4. Overview of the Münazara science ……………………………................5 1.4.1. Münazara in relation with other Islamic terms for argumentation........................................................................................5 1.4.2. How does Münazara take place?.................................................8 2. Chapter I. Interconnections between Münazara and other sciences.........................14 2.1. Genealogical approaches to Münazara……………………......................14 2.2. Integrative epistemology and Sufism……………....................................23 2.3. Ahmed Cevdet Paşa and integrative epistemology in the Ottoman education..........................................................................................................26 3. Chapter II. Notion of ethics in Münazara and in Western argumentation theories..30 3.1. Why are Western argumentation theories and Münazara comparable? 3.1.1.Main schools in Western argumentation theories………....…...30 3.1.2.Münazara and Western Argumentation theories as parts of the same field: argumentation theory………….........................................34 3.2. Relations between the notion of ethics and success in Western Argumentation Theories and in Münazara………….......................................37 3.2.1.The “Product-Process” ambiguity………..........................…….38 3.2.2. Procedural and Epistemic role of Ethics: how ethics influences the success of argumentation………………..................……………..40 4. Chapter III. International dimension of argumentation ethics in Münazara……....43 4.1. What do we mean by internal dimension of ethics?.................................43 4.1.1.Rules that refer to etiquette……………................................….45 4.1.2.Rules that refer to internal dimension of ethics……..................45 4.2. Procedural and epistemic role of internal dimension of ethics…….........47 4.3. How can discussants learn about self-control of ego?..............................52 5. Conclusion ………………………………………………………….................….55 Bibliography ...............................................................................................................57 Appendix A: English Translation of Ahmed Cevdet Paşa’s Adab-ı Sedad (1876)….60 Curricculum Vitae ......................................................................................................115 vii LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Claimant and Questioner’s roles ……………………………………………..13 viii TRANSCRIPTION Concerning the transcription of Arabic or Ottoman Turkish terms, I adopt the Latin edition of modern Turkish. Even if this transcription may not be familiar to Western readers, it is more appropriate to our study since Adab-ı Sedad is based upon Turkish grammar and frequently includes Turkish idioms. خ – ه – ح h ذ – ظ – ز – ض z ص – س – ث s پ p ش ş ب b ج c ط – ت t چ ç ق – ك k گ – غ g ع ‘ گ ğ ء ’ ر Turkish possession suffix) r) ك – ن n ل l

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