Kelamcılarda Bilginin Tanımı Problemi

In the subject of definition of knowledge it seems impossible to talk about a unified understanding of knowlede among theologians.This is because the definition of knowledge was identified differently by theologians who lived in different periods of time. In the attempt of identifying what constitutes knowledge, the theologians , who are called ‘mütekaddimun’, questioned whether the terms were chosen adequately, after deliberating on the terms used in the definition of knowledge, and then they inquired whether the definition incorporated God’s knowledge.The theologians, who are called ‘müteahhirun’, were much concerned about if the definition in question was consistent in terms of the definition theory of Aristotelian logic, in addition to dealing with the concerns of the earlier theologians. Due to this concern, some of them reached the conclusion that the definition of knowledge could not be made. However, in the subject of definition itself, few theologians made a distinction between human and divine knowledge.It is shown, in this study, that in the attempt of defining knowledge in Islamic theology, most theologians appealed to identifying what constitutes knowledge without making a distinction between human and divine knowledge.