A critical examination of the objectivity of existence and essence in transcendental philosophy
Journal Title: جستارهایی در فلسفه و کلام - Year 2015, Vol 47, Issue 95
Abstract
Two meanings regarding the principality of existence (isālat al-wujūd) can be inferred from the works and words of Mulla Sadra. One meaning is the objectivity of existence and essence on which many issues of transcendental philosophy are based. This meaning has deep philosophical consequences and implications. It seems that this meaning causes certain problems which make its acceptance tricky. The present article applies a systematic approach to transcendental philosophy as a whole in order to examine the above-mentioned theory, its functions, its knowledge-based implications and the possibility of a philosophical support for this meaning. As a result, accepting this meaning as the ultimate idea of Mulla Sadra about the principality of existence will philosophically have numerous weaknesses and problems.
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Muhammad Bonyani, Hamidreza Sarvarian
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