Kojozada and Allah Adeen's Response to the Incoherence of the Philosophers

In 15th century, Sultan Mehmed II commissioned two scholars to write responses to Arghazali's incoherence of the philosophers. Kojozada and Allah Adeen Atusi drew freely on more recent works such as Al-Jurjani’s commentary on the great Asharite theologian Aliji. Both authors were given a large monetary reward, but the winner also received a fabulous robe. The approach they took is telling in what it says about the mindset of leading intellectuals of this period.