Explaining the Role of the Principles of Knowledgein the Formation of Knowledge

One of the key matters in examining the scientific nature of knowledge and its methodology is the components of knowledge, that is, the subject, problems, and principles that constitute that knowledge. The subject is the central axis of the knowledge whose essential accidents are discussed in that knowledge, and the problems of knowledge are propositions whose subject is the same as the subject of knowledge or parts or instances of the subject of knowledge, and their predicate is an essential accident of the subject of knowledge. Proving the essential accidents of the subject of knowledge in the form of problems of knowledge (which is the main purpose of knowledge) is based on the principles of knowledge which are of two types: conceptual and propositional. Therefore, the principles of knowledge have a constructive role in the formation of knowledge and the proof of its problems. Because of this role and also because in today's debates regarding the nature of knowledge and methodology of science, the principles of knowledge and the clarification of its dimensions are not given serious attention, the present article focuses on the principles of knowledge and examines their role in the realization and establishment of knowledge. Of course, the contents of the principles of knowledge and the nature of each of the conceptual and propositional principles, as well as the position and method of obtaining these principles in knowledge are also explained.