Document Type : The scientific research paper

Author

استادیار گروه معارف اسلامی،دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی،واحد شهرکرد، دانشگاه شهرکرد،شهرکرد ،ایران

Abstract

غایت‌مندی افعال الهی از جمله مباحث مهم دینی در میان اندیشمندان است. اعتقاد به علم، حکمت، قدرت و عدالت خداوند، غایت‌مندی افعال خداوند را اقتضا دارد. پژوهش حاضر با محوریت دیدگاه رنه دکارت پیرامون پاسخ به شبهه تشخیص غایت‌مندی افعال الهی و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی انجام شده است. در یافته‌های پژوهش ضمن تبیین دیدگاه دکارت در دو حوزه‌؛ اصل غایتمندی افعال الهی و امکان شناخت غایات افعال الهی، ضمن تایید حوزه‌ اول دیدگاه وی، در حوزه‌ دوم و بر اساس قرائن برون دینی(عقل) و مبانی درون دینی (قرآن و روایات)، شبهه مطرح شده مورد نقد و بررسی قرار گرفته شده است. نتیجه‌ پژوهش بیانگر آن است که دکارت به رغم اعتقاد به غایت‌مندی افعال الهی، دسترسی و شناخت علت غائی در افعال الهی را به دلیل محدودیت‌های انسان امری ناممکن می‌داند، حال آنکه در نقد و تقابل با این مطلب و بر اساس شواهد خارجی و آموزه‌های دینی قرآنی، افعال الهی نه تنها از غایتمندی برخوردار بوده، بلکه شناخت آنها نیز امکانپذیر بوده و در موارد گوناگونی بدان‌ اذعان شده است.

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Article Title [Persian]

Critical Review of Purposefulness of Divine Actions from the Point of View of Rene Descartes, Relying on Islamic Sources

Author [Persian]

  • sayyed mojtaba jalali

Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Education, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

Abstract [Persian]

The purposefulness of divine actions is an important religious issue among thinkers. Belief in God's knowledge, wisdom, power, and justice requires the purposefulness of God's actions. This research is based on Rene Descartes' view on the answer to the question of determining the purposefulness of divine actions, which has been carried out through a descriptive-analytical method. In findings chapter, it explains Descartes' point of view in two areas of “the principle of the purposefulness of divine actions and the possibility of knowing the goals of divine actions. While confirming the first area of his view, in the second area and based on extra-religious evidence (reason) and internal religious foundations (Qur'an and hadiths), the raised misconception has been criticized and investigated. The result of the research shows that despite believing in the purposefulness of divine actions, Descartes considers it impossible to access and know the ultimate cause in divine actions due to human limitations, while in criticizing and confronting this matter and based on external evidence and teachings in the Qur’an and religion, divine actions not only have purpose, but also their recognition is possible and it has been acknowledged in various cases.

Keywords [Persian]

  • Purposefulness of Divine Actions
  • Knowledge of Purpose
  • Rene Descartes
  • Critical Review
  • Foundations (Inter and Extra Religious)
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