خلاصه ماشینی:
In traditional Western philosophical circles, however, Islamic epistemology has been relegated to the status of a historical artifact, an older form of inquiry which has been supplanted in the current age by Western concerns.
The importance of Allama Mehdi Ha'iri Yazdi's book The Principles of Epistemology in I slamic Philosophy: Knowledge by Presence is precisely that it reintroduces Islamic epistemology as a living, vibrant, and practiced tradition.
Ashish Nandy and others argue that if postcolonial subjects are to reclaim their political space in the world, they will first have to claim epistemological primacy for their local knowledges by decentering the Western notions of know ledge.
As the title of the book suggests, Y azdi considers the concept of "knowledge by presence" ('ilm al-huduri) to be a central issue in Islamic epistemology.
It also claims a com- plete lack of separation and distance between the existing subject and the knowing subject and thus lays the ground for conceptualizing a new form of communication between human beings and God. One of the most significant argwnents of the book is an analysis of the role of irf an, the apprehension of the divine through mystical processes.
In expanding on the concept of the verse that begins by saying, "God is the light of the heavens and earth, "11 Ibn Sina makes the following points: • All knowledge is God's knowledge.
14 They have been more concerned with pointing out how traces of knowledge by presence are present in Western philosophical traditions as well.
On one hand, it makes points toward the living traditions of Islamic philosophy.