Critical Examination of the Methodology of Separation School

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

faculty member of Baqir Al-Ulum University

Abstract

What are the characteristics of methodology of separation school and what criticism can be made to it.
The present article is to argue in support of the thesis that separation school a current of thought that calls into question the value and validity of rational method. It reserves method of certainty to revelation and regards the revelation as the standard for the evaluation of reason.
On reflection, it seems that doubts in validity of rational method will lead man to the trap of literalism and due to its denial of value, validity and explanatory role of reason, it is trapped in an epistemic deadlock. The present article is to prove the above-mentioned claim on the basis of works by proponents of this school and by use of analytic-rational method.

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