Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness

Allameh Taba-tabaei (1281-1360 Hijri) is the first contemporary thinker who has paid serious attention to epistemological discussions. In his book, philosophy principles and realism method, written to clarify the contrariety between Islamic philosophy principles and materialism, he removes doubts in...

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Main Authors: esmat hemmaty, mehdi dehbashi
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Published: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) 2016-12-01
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Online Access:http://wisdom.ihcs.ac.ir/article_2359_82bf98f8971bb446d4cf5cf7275c0937.pdf
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description Allameh Taba-tabaei (1281-1360 Hijri) is the first contemporary thinker who has paid serious attention to epistemological discussions. In his book, philosophy principles and realism method, written to clarify the contrariety between Islamic philosophy principles and materialism, he removes doubts instilled by sophists, skeptics and empiricism about confidence in reason (intellect) in attaining truths, and introduces Islamic philosophy as a realistic constitution based on rationalism rather than idealism. Allameh has been well-informed of the serious attention of European philosophers especially after Kant to epistemological discussions, and has had conscientious effort to explain the defense of Islamic philosophers of intellect dignity and the validity of its issues. He has also paid attention to the unique role of intellect in the comprehension of religious facts, and comments on important points in Almizan-Exegesis regarding this issue. It can be said that Allameh Taba-tabaei defended rationality in two fronts. First, against excessive sensualism and positivism that resulted in negation and rejection of all kinds of philosophical and religious sovereignty, and culminated in skepticism and relativism in all realms of belief and ethics. Second, against literalism (formalism) and Akhbarism, which through denying the authority of rationally, disparaged the bases of revelation itself and have led to agnosticism and obscurantism at the same time. This article considers the position of Allameh on these two issues.
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spelling doaj.art-aaf0a947760a4dae96a8b970ffa5c0cb2022-12-21T18:18:39ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)حکمت معاصر2383-06892383-06972016-12-01631211412359Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulnessesmat hemmaty0mehdi dehbashi1PhD student of Qom University (corresponding author) )Hemmaty.e@gmail.com(.Allameh Taba-tabaei (1281-1360 Hijri) is the first contemporary thinker who has paid serious attention to epistemological discussions. In his book, philosophy principles and realism method, written to clarify the contrariety between Islamic philosophy principles and materialism, he removes doubts instilled by sophists, skeptics and empiricism about confidence in reason (intellect) in attaining truths, and introduces Islamic philosophy as a realistic constitution based on rationalism rather than idealism. Allameh has been well-informed of the serious attention of European philosophers especially after Kant to epistemological discussions, and has had conscientious effort to explain the defense of Islamic philosophers of intellect dignity and the validity of its issues. He has also paid attention to the unique role of intellect in the comprehension of religious facts, and comments on important points in Almizan-Exegesis regarding this issue. It can be said that Allameh Taba-tabaei defended rationality in two fronts. First, against excessive sensualism and positivism that resulted in negation and rejection of all kinds of philosophical and religious sovereignty, and culminated in skepticism and relativism in all realms of belief and ethics. Second, against literalism (formalism) and Akhbarism, which through denying the authority of rationally, disparaged the bases of revelation itself and have led to agnosticism and obscurantism at the same time. This article considers the position of Allameh on these two issues.http://wisdom.ihcs.ac.ir/article_2359_82bf98f8971bb446d4cf5cf7275c0937.pdfKeywords: Allameh Taba-tabaeiIntellectual Abstemiousnessliteralismfaithfulness
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Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness
حکمت معاصر
Keywords: Allameh Taba-tabaei
Intellectual Abstemiousness
literalism
faithfulness
title Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness
title_full Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness
title_fullStr Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness
title_full_unstemmed Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness
title_short Allameh Tabatabaei’s Structure of Thought: Moderate Rationalism and Wisely Faithfulness
title_sort allameh tabatabaei s structure of thought moderate rationalism and wisely faithfulness
topic Keywords: Allameh Taba-tabaei
Intellectual Abstemiousness
literalism
faithfulness
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