the subject matter of this article is not to determine the priority of reason to heart or privacy of rationality to love, but find out the answers to these questions: what is role of reason and rational knowledge in attaining mystical intuitive visions? how far does the horizon of rational knowledge extend from perspective of ibn arabi? given the fact that mysticism is arena for esoteric vision...

since ethics is one of the subdivisions of practical wisdom, islamic philosopher’s view point is very important in explanation of theoretical and practical reason. this paper is going to analyze the distinction between practical and theoretical reason from haeri’s point of view. in order to finding the roots of his issue, at the beginning we will propose the idea of philosophers like farabi, ib...

gaining knowledge of the different existential aspects of human being counts among some the most important issues in psychology (‘ilm al-nafs) and anthropology. in this respect, philosophers in philosophical psychology or knowledge of the self have discussed the different degrees of soul and its faculties, whereas ancient philosophers used to deal with such issues in discussions over natural sc...

Given the success of formal approach, within contemporary epistemology, to understanding degreed belief, some philosophers have recently considered its extension challenge intention. According them, (1) intentions can also admit degrees, as beliefs do, and (2) these states are all governed by norms probability calculus, such that rational for belief intention exhibit certain structural similari...