Open AccessMetaphysical Necessity in the Neo-Sadraian School and Assessment of Necessitarian Theories of the Laws of Nature
Author(s) -
Javad Darvish Aghajani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teorie vědy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1804-6347
pISSN - 1210-0250
DOI - 10.46938/tv.2021.499
Subject(s) - metaphysics , epistemology , interpretation (philosophy) , natural (archaeology) , natural law , essentialism , philosophy , perspective (graphical) , sociology , computer science , artificial intelligence , linguistics , archaeology , history
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.