جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « mystical epistemology » در نشریات گروه « ادیان و عرفان »

Prominent mystics have always claimed the existence of an independent epistemological way of receiving facts, which some have considered its authority to be inherent and unconditional. As the founder of mystical and codified theoretical mysticism, Ibn Arabi has unique views on mystical epistemology, in particular the authority of revelation. His remarks on the infallibility of mystical revelations have given rise to the theory of the inherent authority of revelation among scholars. Researchers have been at odds over the quality of the inherent authority of revelation. Using the documentary-library method as a data collection, and descriptive-analytical method as an analysis with a developmental approach, this study seeks to reflect on the views of mystics, especially Ibn Arabi, in order to draw a consistent picture of inherent authority of mystical revelations. This article criticizes Ibn Arabi's words on the absolute authority of mystical revelations and, after stating the general rules about the possibility of proving inherent authority, will finally evaluate the most important claimed examples of the inherent authority.

Today, the legitimacy or illegitimacy of religions represents one of the challenging issues to which theologian's thoughts have assigned primary importance. Three main view are expressed in this respect: monopolisticism, universalism and religious pluralism. Pluralists largely rely on the statements of mystics to support their view and believe that mystics think as they do. Furthermore, mystic's thought about this point is derived from special principles which require to be examined; otherwise the discussion cannot be formal. Investigating the mystical anthropological principle and the question of perfect man, the paper seeks to make explicit the unique ontological and epistemological status which, mystics say, the Prophet (pbuh) and so, this, in their view, proves the superiority of Islam, which, they regard as a manifestation of the best ever discovery for creatures.