Metaphysical Necessity in the Neo-Sadraian School and Assessment of Necessitarian Theories of the Laws of Nature

Autor:	Javad Darvish Aghajani
Jazyk:	Czech<br />German<br />English<br />Slovak
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	metaphysical necessity a posteriori neo-sadraian essentialism universal theory laws of nature Philosophy (General) B1-5802
Zdroj:	Teorie vědy, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 33-57 (2021)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1210-0250 1804-6347
DOI:	10.46938/tv.2021.499
Popis:	To differentiate between the laws of nature and accidental generalizations, we must adopt a view of necessity that is capable of being realized in relationships existing among natural objects. In neo-Sadraian Islamic philosophy, metaphysical necessity is accepted as part of the cause-effect relationship. This paper compares the neo-Sadraian interpretation of necessity and necessitarian theories about the laws of nature, particularly essentialism and universal theory. By resorting to specific forms al-shûrat al-naw’iyyah, the origin of the essential properties of natural objects, I argue that neo-Sadraians have proposed a perspective on metaphysical necessity that is epistemologically a posteriori.
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