Online-Journal STAI Sadra (Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Islam)
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PENERAPAN TEORI-TEORI FILOSOFIS DALAM MENAFSIRKAN AL-QUR’AN
Get PDFHuman reason is a tool to understand the realities and to express them in the philosophical theories. Since the Koran suggests human to use their reason, then the philosophical theories as the results of the use of reason can be used to understand and interpret verses of the Koran. This paper describes the application of that philosophical theories to the Quranic verses as a mode of interpretation of the Koran, such as: the theory of the fundamental reality and unity of existence, the theory of gradation, the theory of existence-in-itself and existence-in-something-else, the theory of quiddity, the theory of cause and effect, the theory of every faculty happiness in achieving its essence demands without obstacles, the theory of the substantial motion, and the theory of the lowest thing having the potentiality to become the higher
SCIENCES AND VALUES
Get PDFThe separation of moral values and sciences is an illusion resulting from the incorrect view that only religions can produce morality. It is said wrongly that sciences concern only with facts and theories, not with values; only religions are able to deal with values. We know that ancient humans for a very long time were able to live morally even though they had no religions. We in the modern era are therefore able too even more. Using our modern sciences, mind, life experiences, and intuition, we too can construct secular moral views regarding everything to direct us in our complex lives. 
PEMIKIRAN FILOSOFIS SADRA DALAM TAFSĪR AL-QUR’ĀN AL- KARĪM : : SURAH AL-’A‘LĀ
Get PDFIn his commentary on Surah al-’ A‘lā, Mulla Sadra, through his Tafsīr al-Qur’ān al-Karīm invites our souls to ventureinto the deepest layers of meaning to recognize the reality of Divinity (almabdā’), prophethood (Ṣirāṭ or nubuwwah) and resurrection (ma‘ād) and discusses it in a more philosophical manner. This study is an attempt to explore the benefits of these important aspects of religious sources unearthed from Qur’anic injunctions combined with rational principles of philosophical and mystical experiences (intuitive) of Sadra. Each chapter in this commentary is assigned a title with tasbīḥ (glorification), while presenting various issues related to metaphysics of Qur’an.Thephilosophical principles used in the interpretation of this treatise could be a proof of harmony between philosophy and religious texts. This kind of interpretation accepts the literal meaning (ẓāhir) of lafaẓ al Qur’ān, and then with the aid of reason, intuition and revelation uncover the reality behind them; the search for the secrets behind the literal sense
USULAN A. MACINTYRE KEMBALI KE ETIKA KEUTAMAAN:: SEBUAH SOLUSI ATAU NOSTALGIA BELAKA?
Get PDFAs an alternative to the impasse of the modern-enlightenment project in ethics, Alasdair MacIntyre suggests to recourse to virtue-ethics. This article will present first, what MacIntyre means by the modern-enlightenment project in ethics, secondly, his critique of that project, especially his arguments why such ethics is bound to fail. Thirdly, why, according to him, developing virtue-ethics, somewhat like the Aristotelian-Thomistic model, will provide a solution to the impasse. Finally, I would like to make a short evaluation of MacIntyre’s suggestion by focusing on the question whether his suggestion to recourse to virtue-ethics is just a nostalgia to the past as criticized by Ross Poole. I will argue in this article that, despite MacIntyre’s failure to give concrete examples of good modern ethical communities that live out his model of virtue-ethics, as Poole has rightly pointed out, as long as human being can still agree on certain basic human values upon which global ethics of virtue can be built, MacIntyre’s suggestion is not simply a nostalgic recourse to the past as Ross Poole believes. MacIntyre’s recourse to virtue-ethics can indeed provide solution to overcome the danger of moral nihilism looming over the modern-enlightenment project and it can also provide reasonable ground for living ethically
النظرة المعرفية للوجود في العرفان
Get PDFKnowledge of the universe is one of the three necessary types of knowledge, i.e.: knowledge of God, knowledge of the Soul and knowledge of the universe. Most of the time we refer to it as (Mabdaa) or the Origin; how the world is created. Or what is known in theology as Creation ex nihilo: where creatures are distinct from their creator who is the First Cause, or in illuminative philosophy as Emanation where creatures pre-existed within the essence of their origin by flowing as a consequence of perfection. So we are confronted with different theories about the universe where so some views will underlie oneness of being while others multiplicity, and in both case we need to explain and justify any resulting theory. So the purpose of this article is to provide a concise explanation about the knowledge related to the universe and tries to justify the claimed oneness of Being in mysticism
IS OLODUMARE, GOD IN YORUBA BELIEF, GOD?
Get PDFThe question whether Olodumare, God in Yoruba belief, as Bolaji Idowu translated it, is God is a tortuous one. It is so because the concept of, and the belief in, Olodumare are undergoing circuitous strings of analysis that tempt one to answer the question in three fundamental episodic phases. The first came from the Western anthropologists who advertently or inadvertently ‘misconceived’ Olodumare, as completely less than a God; the second stage championed by foremost Africanist/ Yoruba theologians ‘promoted’ Olodumare to the ‘status’ of a God or rather insisted that Olodumare is God; while the decolonisation school is currently divesting Olodumare of so-called Hellenised garb of the second period, and casting ‘true’ images of him. Each of these ‘truths’ about Olodumare has serious ancillary questions that affect the overall understanding of Olodumare. This study interrogates the claims of three recent decolonisation philosophers, and reveals that their casting of Olodumare is inconsistent one with another. It concludes that before any incontrovertible concept of Olodumare could be reached, alternative translational (linguistic) equivalents true to the Yoruba theology and true to Christianity must be adopted; otherwise the questions raised might yet remain unanswered, while Idowu’s thesis still suffice
ISLAMIC MORAL LIFE AND THREATS TO IT
Get PDFIslam comprehends the concept of moral life in the term of cultivate of soul to be eligible for drawing near to the transcendent reality, Allah. For that aim, instead of understanding self-realization as permission to submit to one’s appetites, as commonly accepted in modern world, Islam considers self-realization as fruit of self-control by transcending his actual desires and improving his will to make a harmony between psychial aspect (soul)--that covers emotional (heart) and theoretical (reason) activity— and physical aspect (body) –i.e. practical activity (action). The required state of both aspect are formulated in the term “faith” (īmān) and “righteous deeds” (‘amal Ṣālih)
ETIKA KEPEDULIAN :: WELAS ASIH DALAM TINDAKAN MORAL
Get PDFCompassion in ethical discourse is used to describe the attitudes and actions of moral agent in helping the vulnerables and the suffering. Discourse around compassion generally focused on whether compassion is an attitude of sympathy or empathy, or it is the attitude of compassion derived from an altruistic attitude which is inherent in intelligent being. This paper argues that compassion is realized only in the context of ethics of care. For that reason, the paper will first distinguish simpaty from empathy and contextualize them within the realm of altruism. At the same time this approach plays the role of criticizing emotive ethics of David Hume and Kantian ethics which is attacked by Kantian ethics as heteronomous
STUDI KRITIS TERHADAP TEORI IDENTITAS PIKIRAN-OTAK MARIO BUNGE: PERSPEKTIF NEO-SADRIAN
Get PDFThe aim of this research is to conduct a critical analysis of Mario Bunge’s view that mental reality is identical with the reality of brain function known as mind-brain identity theory. The analysis is performed using Neosadrian perspective, i.e. a new form of Mulla Sadra’s philosophy which is developed by Tabataba‘i and his disciples. The author tries to elucidate the main claims held by Bunge and to launch some critiques upon those claims. The main conclusions achieved through this research include the following. Firstly, mind-brain identity theory cannot be accepted. Secondly, current development of scientific studies corroborating certain relations between brain and mental states does not justify the validity of the identity theory, also does not falsify its opposition. Thirdly, a religious-sufistical philosophy, such the Neosadrian, can be consistent with current development of scientific research
ETIKA LINGKUNGAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF TEORI KESATUAN WUJUD TEOSOFI TRANSENDEN
Get PDFThe study of environmental ethics based on the theory of oneness of being of Transcendent Theosophy has frontally criticizes modern scientific paradigm which is anthropocentric in character. This particular perspective believes that only man who posses value in itself (intrinsic value), while other being posses only instrumental value in relation to man interests. On the other hand, it also criticizes the ecocentric perspective which considers nature to posses her own value independently from man. The principle of oneness of being (wahdat al-wujūd) is the main (ontological) argumentation used by muslim philosophers, including Mulla Sadra as the founder of Transcendent Theosophy, in answering all cosmological questions and concerns throughout the ages. The Transcendent Theosophy itself is a (relatively) new perspective in the tradition of Islamic philosophy, which is based on a creative synthesis and harmonization of nearly all the earlier schools