Ayeneh Ma‘refat
Year:2015 | Volume:15 | Issue:44|Papers Count:8

The Unity of the Divine Essence and Attributes has always been one of most important topics in theology and an issue of high interest to theologians, philosophers and the mystics of Abrahamic Religions. The present article is an attempt to consider the viewpoints of one Jewish and one Muslim philosopher and to analyze them in a comparative manner with reference to the Old Testament and Quran. Maimonides, as a Jewish theologian, takes the view that as God is incorporeal no attribute dependent upon material constitution can be applied to His essence.....

In his critique of judgment, Kant tries to show that the aesthetic is neither tied to perception nor to conceptualization of reason; and that it is a certain type of experience which results from harmony of imagination and understanding.....

The conflict between the literal meaning of some verses of the holy Quran due to philosophical and theological limitations has always been a big challenge for interpreters of the holy Quran. Some interpreters have chosen the literal meanings over the other meanings of the verses and some others have stuck to the interpretative implied meaning….

Since ancient times, the opponents of logic with different approaches have cast doubts on the logical approach deeming it invalid or at best inappropriate. Criticisms leveled against logic can largely be divided into four groups which are concerned with: its utility, its validity, the motivation behind translation and dissemination of texts on logic in the Islamic world, and the consequences of employing logic....

Since the beginning, the method of revealing (exploring) religious knowledge has been one of the important issues in religion. One such method has been proposed by the great theologian and prominent intellectual Ayatollah Mirza Mahdi Esfahani….

Kuhn explains the progress of science without appeal to the concept of truth or truthlikeness. He does not agree with the common view which considers the accumulation of confirmed theories as the cause of progress in science. From his viewpoint, the scientific revolution was an interruption which led to an incommensurable paradigm....