Intended Meaning
Shahrur affirms that the soundness of inference or logical construction alone does not make a proposition true. It is also necessary for the premises to be true and for the conclusion to correspond to reality in order for the judgment to be correct.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: methodological
- Movement of the argument: a critique of relying on the soundness of inference as proof of truth.
- Central terms: inference, truth, premises, reality.
- Degree of centrality: primary.
This prevents turning logical construction into a substitute for reality, and requires understanding to verify both premises and conclusions before judging a proposition’s truth.
Reading Aids
Basis
- Supporting text: “Shahrur continues to elaborate the differences among forms of human knowledge, with emphasis on the fact that the soundness of inference alone is not enough; rather, the truth of the premises and the correspondence of the results to reality must be verified.”
Place of the Basis in the Book
- Book: The Book and the Qur’an.
- Location: in the middle section of the book, within the discussion of abrogation and legislation
- Type of basis: close evidence.
- Verification marker: it must include two matters
- Reading note: the passage explains the conditions of correspondence between the verse and the substitute, and emphasizes easing and proportionality; this supports the idea that the soundness of inference alone is not enough to reach truth.
Degree of Documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of the reading: the wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted textually.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is argumentative; it supports a larger conclusion in the chapter or prepares for it.
Editorial Note
This atom refines the author’s criterion of proof.