Questions Archive (Thematic Category:Logic and Philosophy)
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Please define and explain vicious circle (daur) and infinite regression of causes (tasalsul)?
7246 2013/03/16 Islamic PhilosophyA vicious circle is a situation in which an attempt to resolve one problem creates new problems that lead back to the original situation. It is also a fallacy in reasoning in which the premise is used ...
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What is the \'proof of the veracious\' (burhan al-siddiqin)? Is it the most correct, apposite and strongest proof for the existence of God?
7219 2013/03/05 Islamic PhilosophyIn the history of Islamic philosophy different explanations have been given for this proof [ burhan ] the first of which has been presented by Bu Ali Sina ( Avicenna ) in his Isharaat. Meanwhile, one of ...
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What is the correct explanation of ‘burhan al-siddiqin’ (proof of the veracious)?
5947 2013/03/05 Islamic PhilosophyThe common point among various explanations and accounts presented by different scholars regarding the proof the veracious is that all those who have presented their arguments have, somehow, endeavored ...
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Why do jurisprudents and theologians oppose the notion of wahdat al-wujud?
6666 2012/12/23 Theoretical1. The notion of wahdat al-wujud [ Unity of Being ] is a monistic understanding of tawheed, the doctrine of oneness of God. It is considered one of the most fundamental concepts in mysticism and in mystical ...
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Can something emerge from nothing?
4216 2012/12/15 علیت و معلولیتBased on philosophical and mystical principles, creating something out of nothing means that the universe and the entire divine attributes are, in the level of divine essence, vanished in God s essence ...