مباني معرفت شناختي فطرت

Epistemic Foundations of Primordial Nature (Fitrah)

The study of primordial nature in the field of knowledge and the key role of reason in this regard are of different dimensions in different schools of thought. An inquiry into such dimensions reveals that the primordial types of knowledge and innate issues related to the field of perception and cognition constitute the principles and bases of manʹs thought and knowledge and distinguish frtrah from nature and instinct. The distinction here is a graded one and originates in the differences in the ontological grades of things. Any doubt concerning such principles and foundations is a threat to the solidity and firmness of the structure of human knowledge. According to the holy Qurʹan, fitri knowledge is related to the two domains of manʹs existence - reason and soul - and, therefore, springs continually out of these two sources.