نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
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عضو هیأت علمی گروه معارف اسلامی دانشگاه صنعتی کرمانشاه
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Dawkins’s gene-centered theory offers an evolutionary account of living beings in which the gene plays a decisive role in shaping behavior and biological structures, and the human being is understood as the product of genetic processes. By emphasizing the mechanism of natural selection, this approach tends toward a form of reductionism that explains mental, volitional, and teleological elements in biological terms. In contrast, Mulla Sadra, through his account of the soul in light of the primacy of existence and substantial motion, presents a dynamic and supra-biological view of human reality in which the soul possesses existential stages independent of the body and is oriented toward an end. Using an analytical-comparative method, this study first examines the epistemological and ontological foundations of Dawkins’s and Mulla Sadra’s views, and then compares their anthropological implications. The findings indicate that Sadrian metaphysics, by affirming degrees of existence and a teleological understanding of the soul, is better able to explain consciousness, free will, and human perfection, whereas in Dawkins’s genetic model these are either neglected or reduced to biology. Thus, Transcendent Philosophy provides a broader framework for understanding human identity.
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