The Functions of Analytical Causality in Argument

Dividing causality into external and analytical ones has many functions in Islamic philosophy; one of them is in the sphere of argument (burhān). Argument as the only reliable logical method in obtaining certainty is the breeding ground for some evolutions and functions through analytical causality: (1) the efficiency conjunctive categorical argument, (2) exclusivism of various types of argument in “apriori”, “cause”, and “absolute inna” (the effects of one cause), and refutation of argument of “general concomitants”, and (3) the possibility of putting forward an apriori argument in proving existence of God Almighty and review of the “quasi-apriori” argument are among the effects of analytical causality in the realm of argument.