سپهر سیاست (Jun 2015)
The Knowledge and the Grounds for the Identity Self‐discovery in the Field of Political Science:Defining the Boundaries of Islamic Epistemology
Abstract
Ontology provides the fundamental assumptions about the essence and nature of the reality; In other words, it presents the human’s view toward nature, society and existence and the way he regulates his relationship with his environment. The distinctions and differences between the Islamic and western epistemology result from the fundamental differences in the Islamic ontology and the ontology of the modern world. The ontological questions are about the fundamental nature of this world, the realities and social aspects of these realities. These questions are the major concerns in this article. What is meant by being and by reality? What is the nature of the ontology of knowledge in the Islamic thought? What are the distinctions between the Islamic ontology and epistemology and the western ontology and epistemology? What are the authentic grounds and perspectives of the Islamic ontology and epistemology? The major purpose in the present article is to analyzethe issue of localism in scienceand to provide the intellectual grounds for the study of the features and requirements for this purpose
