Abstract
The article deals with the philosophy of medieval philosopher ZAKARIA al-Razi, one ofthe most original personalities in the spiritual life of the peoples of the Middle East.It is known that at the beginning of the twenty-first century challenges of spirituality andspiritual world of the individual become the subject of intense attention of modern philosophy.It should be noted, that nowadays, a great place in the writings of thinkers concerned withquestions of essence and value of knowledge, aspects of truth, the role of science in thedevelopment of society.The article reported that Al - Razi although was the largest rationalist in the theory ofknowledge, attached importance of the senses in the learning process of reality. In its medicaltheories al-Razi emphasizes the close connection existing between the human body andchanges in the state of his soul. Al-Razi does not subordinate the human mind for the divinecommand and considers the work of the mind - an active and creative human activity.The main idea of the article is the scientist recognized a huge role of mind, which was veryimportant under the rule of reactionary ideology of Islam. Convinced of the power of the humanmind and the knowability of the world, al-Razi only means of knowledge of the world considersthe scientific method of learning and encourages people to mastering science. Progressivenessof the theory of knowledge of al-Razi was expressed in the fact, that he denies the existence ofmiracles, attributed to various prophets and so-called imams.The author comes to the conclusion that a valuable contribution of al-Razi to the problemof knowledge was his denial of faith in the authorities; theory of knowledge and teaching aboutthe mind of al-Razi played a huge role in the Middle Ages and had a great influence on thefurther emancipate of science from the influence of religion and on the development ofmaterialist theory of knowledge.
Authors
Dairbaeva Gulanda Begalieva
Keywords
epistemology, the knowing subject, the perception of the human mind, the development of science, materialist theory of knowledge
Publication Information
- Publication Date
- July 14, 2015
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 7
- Year
- 2015
- Pages
- 210-216
- Language
- English
- Status
- Published
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