philosophy
Maryam tahmasebi; Abbas Zahabi; Ahmad Beheshti; Baabak aAbbaasi
Abstract
How to see the object and the occurrence of sensational errors is one of the leading questions in any epistemological system, including Tusi's epistemology. The importance of this case in the opinions of Islamic philosophers is due to the fact that the senses and their data initiate ...
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How to see the object and the occurrence of sensational errors is one of the leading questions in any epistemological system, including Tusi's epistemology. The importance of this case in the opinions of Islamic philosophers is due to the fact that the senses and their data initiate the process of realizing certain and true wisdom about objects. Questions around this case just like the other philosophic matters have always been a great worry for Nasir-Aldin Tousi and he's tended and paid attention to them in his works. This article tries to express how sensational errors occur in his opinion by considering differences between emotions and sensational cognition. The negative aspects of Tousi's vision towards things expresses that errors do not occur among feeling that is related to outward attention, because visions are limited to getting placed in the middle of the sight. But the positive aspect of his opinion expresses that errors are just related to sensational knowledge and the judgments made by the wisdom which is earned under the influence of the imaginary power. In the other words, the stems of errors in the senses and sensational matters are in tangible matching with the outward reality that this action is just placed among the borders of wisdom.
mostafa momeni; Jahangir Masoudi
Abstract
Despite this fact that epistemology has not been regarded as a science and branch in Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophers spoke about the ontological debates on the topic of so-called modern-epistemology. Although the approach of rationalism and experientialism has several criteria, it is undeniable ...
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Despite this fact that epistemology has not been regarded as a science and branch in Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophers spoke about the ontological debates on the topic of so-called modern-epistemology. Although the approach of rationalism and experientialism has several criteria, it is undeniable that this discussion and division are among the new topics of epistemology and such terms, with the approach in epistemology, have not been popular in the thinking of Islamic philosophers. Nevertheless, it is possible to think about their way of thinking: experimentation or rationalism. The fact that is well-known is that they are rational philosophers, and Ibn-e Sina does the same. In current study, four criteria for rationality or experimentation are expressed: 1. the existence and the lack of intrinsic perceptions, 2. the means of acquiring knowledge, 3. the origin of attestation, and 4. the existence and absence of a priori certifications. Then, by referring to Ibn-e-Sina's statements, the rationale or experimental nature of the epistemic instrument examined him according to each criterion which leads to strengthening the hypothesis that, not in general, but in most of its criteria, it is more inclined to experientialism than rationalism Therefore, it is possible to sum up these two views, namely, the "authenticity of reason and experience" in Ibn-e Sina's thinking.
