The argument of soul’s cognition of God’s existence in philosophy, Qur’an and Islamic traditions Cover Image

Argument spoznaje duše o postojanju Boga u filozofiji, Kur'anu i islamskim predajama
The argument of soul’s cognition of God’s existence in philosophy, Qur’an and Islamic traditions

Author(s): Amar Imamović
Subject(s): Philosophy, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Theology and Religion
Published by: Fondacija “Baština duhovnosti”
Keywords: the Islamic philosophy; the argument of soul’s cognition; the Qur’an; Islamic traditions; the intellect; the divine revelation;

Summary/Abstract: The first part of this paper presents a retrospective and historical review of the development of proofs of God’s existence through “the argument of soul’s cognition” in the Islamic philosophy, i.e. in its three dominant schools: the peripatetic, the illuminationist and the transcendent philosophy. The second part examines the argument of soul’s cognition in the form in which it appears in the tradition of the Islamic thought that grows out of the Qur’an and traditions, but only slightly, since this topic, due to its importance, has been thoroughly analyzed in the traditional Islamic thought. This paper provides only a simple overview, though the topic requires a more thorough analysis, with the aim of showing how the results of philosophic rational thinking correspond to the original Islamic thought. There can be no other way, since both the sources: the ratio and the divine revelation come from the same Source.

  • Issue Year: 4/2019
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 58-69
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian