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Título: Knowledge by presence (al-ʻilm al-ḥuḍûrî) : a comparative study based on the epistemology of Suhrawardî (d. 5871191) and Mullâ Sadrâ Shîrâzî (d. 10501640)
Autores: Hejazi, Sayyed Mohammad Reza
Fecha: 1994
Publicador: McGill University - MCGILL
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Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152 or 3-1191
Ṣadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, d. 1641.
Descripción: This is a comparative study of the epistemology of Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra Shi razi, two Muslim thinkers of the 6th/12th and 11th/17th century. It focuses on two main issues: Illuminative theory of knowledge and, in the framework of this theory, Mulla Sadra's doctrine of knowledge by presence (al-'ilm al-huduri) studied in the context of his philosophical system (al-hikmah al-muta'ali yah). I have also discussed his methodology which is multidimensional.
The aim of this study is not to elaborate on Mulla Sadra's theory of knowledge in general, but rather to present what Mulla Sadra meant by knowledge by presence, al-'ilm al-huduri. However, it is my opinion that his doctrine of knowledge by presence is the corner stone of his epistemological system. In the light of this doctrine, he gives a new definition of knowledge, a novel interpretation of its division into al-'ilm al-huduri and al-'ilm al-husuli, and, finally, a systematic chain of various kinds of knowledge by presence (e.g., self-knowledge, God's knowledge of His Essence and God's knowledge of things). These three aspects of his doctrine have been surveyed and, in comparing them with Suhrawardi's theory, evaluated in this thesis.
Idioma: en