Scholastic method presupposed Scripture as the supreme authority in all debate

Evidence

As a philosophic school, it has certain definite characteristics. First, it is confined within the limits of what appears to the writer to be orthodoxy; if his views are condemned by a council, he is usually willing to retract. … Third, there is a great belief in ‘dialectic’ and in syllogistic reasoning; the general temper of the scholastics is minute and disputatious rather than mystical. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1658 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Scholastic theology assumed faith could be proven rationally to infidels; Scholastic philosophy operates within orthodoxy and uses syllogistic reasoning — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1658; Oral recitation preserved textual authority in pre-print Islamic scholarship — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 421 (+2 more)

Related

• Scholastic philosophy operates within orthodoxy and uses syllogistic reasoning (similarity 0.87)
• Scholasticism prized numbered schematism and deemed poetic order unbefitting of God (similarity 0.84)
• Franciscan reform made philosophy an independent discipline before Tempels studied (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Llull proposed settling interreligious disputes through rational proof rather than scriptural authority #contradicts (0.90)
• Scholastic theology assumed faith could be proven rationally to infidels #qualifies (0.85)
• Scholastic philosophy operates within orthodoxy and uses syllogistic reasoning #expands (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1658
• Medieval theologians reframed Scripture to justify killing infidels in war #qualifies (0.80)
• Oral recitation preserved textual authority in pre-print Islamic scholarship #exemplifies (0.72) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 421