What is meant
This witness attributes to Shahrur the view that the problems of Islamic knowledge stem from “the old tools of inference.” The documented claim therefore concerns the tools of inference, not a detailed account of the problems of knowledge or their remedy.
Evidence
The directly attributed statement is: “The problems of Islamic knowledge go back to the old tools of inference.”
Limits of reading
The witness does not specify what is meant by the old tools of inference, nor does it by itself establish that the problem lies neither in the text nor in revelation, nor does it explain alternative tools of renewal. These additions therefore remain beyond what the atom establishes.