Matinossadat Arabzadeh; Amirhossein Khodaparast
Volume 10, Issue 2 , March 2022, , Pages 109-130
Abstract
Kierkegaard analyzes the relationship between faith and reason with a faith-oriented position. He believes that the rationalization of faith is a contradictory matter, and faith, which is a subjective passion and truth, can never be caught in the shackles of rationality. Mutahhari, contrary to this faith-oriented ...
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Kierkegaard analyzes the relationship between faith and reason with a faith-oriented position. He believes that the rationalization of faith is a contradictory matter, and faith, which is a subjective passion and truth, can never be caught in the shackles of rationality. Mutahhari, contrary to this faith-oriented attitude, believes that the basis of faith is rationality, although the subjective way or the way of Fitrah also plays a role in reaching the truth. Both Mutahhari and Kierkegaard consider the role of will in faith. Both believe that faith, in its nature, is to be surrendered and both present a picture of the exalted human being. However, Kierkegaard considers faith to be the paradoxical matter of God incarnated in human form, while Mutahhari, with emphasizing mystical and passionate faith, believes in the rationality of religious faith. What, despite these differences, brings Mutahhari and Kierkegaard closer to each other is their view of moral life, a life that has a basis of faith and is shaped by inner submission to the God who created human nature. It seems that a way can be found to combine the different views of Kierkegaard and Mutahhari. Our search for this path balances the fervor of Kierkegaard's faith with a perfected degree of intellectual development in Mutahhari, which involves an understanding of the limitations and inadequacies of human reason.
Fatemeh Mohammad; Mohammad Akvan
Volume 8, Issue 2 , March 2020, , Pages 109-130
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This paper aims to assess and clarify Heidegger's attitude towards God by means of describing and analyzing Heidegger's works. Thus the main question is that would it be possible to assert that Heidegger believed in God and considered deity out of its orthodox from thought he kept silent about it? Although ...
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This paper aims to assess and clarify Heidegger's attitude towards God by means of describing and analyzing Heidegger's works. Thus the main question is that would it be possible to assert that Heidegger believed in God and considered deity out of its orthodox from thought he kept silent about it? Although Heidegger's faith was influenced by Christianity, neither did he agree nor approve of the traditional practices of religion and was a critic to the boastful clergy and presented a different interpretation of faith through listening and paying attention to our inner call of Logos and then remained silent. Hence, Heidegger's view was based on Dasain which is somehow synonymous with believing in absolute being or God.
seyed mohammad javad banisaeed langaroudi; seyyed Javad Miri; Amirabbas Alizamani
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2020, , Pages 225-244
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The present article deals with what human happiness is and its relation to the religious knowledge of God. Saint Thomas Aquinas in the tradition of Christian philosophy, and Allameh Tabatabai in the tradition of Sadraian philosophy within Islamic philosophy have dealt with this issue and both know ...
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The present article deals with what human happiness is and its relation to the religious knowledge of God. Saint Thomas Aquinas in the tradition of Christian philosophy, and Allameh Tabatabai in the tradition of Sadraian philosophy within Islamic philosophy have dealt with this issue and both know true happiness in knowing and oneness with God and believe that because true happiness for man, and about His ultimate goal is used, whenever man reaches full actuality in his attribute, which is the power of intellect, and realizes the highest form of intellection, s/he has attained happiness. Both interpret this complete knowledge as vision and consider it as a kind of existential union within the limits of human capacity with the transcendent origin. On this basis, the faith professed by average folk in God cannot lead them to true happiness; however, based on the principles of both philosophers, a way can be found for this problematique.
Shima Shahrestani; Hamidreza Ayatollahy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , August 2016, , Pages 51-76
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Against evidentialists’ views, especially Clifford’s, William James has presented his views about the effect of will on belief. According to Clifford, for everyone, always and everywhere, it is wrong to accept a belief without sufficient evidences. William James, in contrast, believes that ...
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Against evidentialists’ views, especially Clifford’s, William James has presented his views about the effect of will on belief. According to Clifford, for everyone, always and everywhere, it is wrong to accept a belief without sufficient evidences. William James, in contrast, believes that instead fear of error, which is the Clifford’s way to apply ethics on belief, it is better to think getting to truth. He attempts to show that this view is the justifier of religious beliefs, in the way that people, regardless to evidentialism, consider themselves right in their believing in religious beliefs. James' views in the article ‘will to believe’ is established on pragmatism, ethics and psychology. He believed ‘will’ impacts beliefs both in their creation and in their control. James's psychological point of view is dealt with belief creation and his ethical view is concerned with belief control. There are some criticisms against James’ viewpoint; based on one of them, his attitude relativizes the value of faith. Adding two conditions to James’ approach and turning it into an externalist theory to justify religious beliefs, Bishop tries to solve the problem. Evaluating the James’ approach, this paper aims to study the Bishop’s solution.
Zahra Mahmoud Kelayeh; Reza Akbarian; Mohammad Sa’idi Mehr; reza akbari
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2013, , Pages 87-104
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It can be said that Augustine's cardinal problem in his whole intellectual life was finding an answer to the crucial question that what had made attaining happiness for human being so difficult or even impossible. Augustine's answer was sin. Having this answer in mind, he attempted to find a solution ...
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It can be said that Augustine's cardinal problem in his whole intellectual life was finding an answer to the crucial question that what had made attaining happiness for human being so difficult or even impossible. Augustine's answer was sin. Having this answer in mind, he attempted to find a solution for achieving happiness and truth by using two fundamental principles: faith and grace. However, his solution could nothave been successful because of his belief in the original sin doctrine. According to Augustine, faith and grace are connected to human beings' free will, but this free will is affected by the original sin and, thus, prefers evil to good. If this is so, then how human beings can receive faith or grace which require voluntarily preferring good to evil? It seems that there is much vagueness in Augustine's solution. Authors of this paper seek to explain this vagueness using descriptive and analytic methods
Mehdi Khademi
Volume 1, Issue 1 , October 2012, , Pages 51-77
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Explain the relationship between reason and faith is one of the main concerns Kierkegaard and Mulla Sadra. The most important feature of faith from the perspective Kierkegaard, is its anti-intellectual or paradoxical nature. In this thinking, person can never be achieved to faith by rational thinking ...
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Explain the relationship between reason and faith is one of the main concerns Kierkegaard and Mulla Sadra. The most important feature of faith from the perspective Kierkegaard, is its anti-intellectual or paradoxical nature. In this thinking, person can never be achieved to faith by rational thinking and appealing to historical evidence. Basically life of faith from view Kierkegaard is life within Christianity and very life of christianity is that protects it against all theoretical efforts. Mulla Sadra On the other hand believes that the faith, although it is related to the heart but faith of heart is not limited to knowledge Intuitive. But Knowledge of God with reason and proof, that is to say belief that is obtained through theoretical reason, can be considered the heart of faith. In other words, all his efforts are focused on that reconcile between reason and faith or mysticism and the argument.
