Agreement of the two Perspectives of Principality of Essence and Principality of Existence in the Theory of Phenomenology of Meaning
Journal Title: جستارهایی در فلسفه و کلام - Year 2008, Vol 40, Issue 81
Abstract
Despite the fact that in classical Islamic philosophy, the discussions concerning the principality and mentally-positedness of existence and essence and epistemology have so far been regarded as two divergent and separate discourses, it is tried in this paper to stress the quite pivotal role of the epistemological viewpoint in adopting any of the two perspectives of the principality of existence or principality of essence through elucidating the fundamental and authentic relatedness of these two areas. In the first part of the paper, after unveiling the correlation between the supposition of essentialism and the conventional inference from science – i.e., belief in essential tautology – and statement of the incompatibility of the supposition of principality of essence with such inference and belief, especially the explication of the futility of the presented solutions in solving the doubts (shubhas) of mental existence, it is proven that adopting a new inference and pattern in knowledge (ma‘rifa) is necessary. In the next part, then, with a deliberation on the meaning of essence (māhiyya) and the essence of meaning, the dual, relational, and apparent reality of science is rationally explicated and analyzed. According to this new approach to the reality of science, which is rubricated as the theory of phenomenology of meaning, the divergence supposed to exist between principality of essence and principality of existence is refuted and admission to the principality of both is accepted. In the final part of the paper, the age-old problem of unity and multiplicity is dealt with and it is attempted, based on the theory of phenomenology of meaning, to uncover the hidden mystery of the horizontal multiplicity and semantic contradictions and to give befitting answers to the problems of mental existence.
Authors and Affiliations
AbbāS JawāRishkiyāN
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP202432
- DOI 10.22067/philosophy.v40i2.3172
- Views 147
- Downloads 0
A Critique of methodologism from the perspective of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics
Gadamer’s critique of methodologism is one of the fundamental teachings of his philosophical hermeneutics. Gadamer sees truth much beyond the ability of method to grasp it completely. He criticizes the exclusive restrict...
Cosmological Argument in the West
Cosmological argument has been one of the most significant philosophical and theological arguments in religious traditions of different religions. In the western Theo-philosophical tradition, there have been both differe...
Mullā Ṣadrā and the Theory of Muthul (Ideas)
Researcher at Cnter for Comparative Studies of Occultaion Era The origin of the duality of the world of creation from Plato’s point of view is based on the fact that he classifies the world into two categories: the world...
Contingency Proof in the West
Contingency Proof is one of the oldest proofs of the existence of God, which enjoys numerous theological and philosophical expositions. What is examined in this article is the conventional form of this proof in the West,...
Unity or Multiplicity of the Conception of Substantial Movement
Substantial movement is one of the most important sides of the gnostic geometry of the transcendental philosophy. In this writing, the notional aspect of the discourse and the way the substantial movement is based on the...