ضرورت مطالعه فلسفه غرب براي محققان فلسفه اسلامي

The Necessity of Studying the Philosophy of the West by Researchers in Islamic Philosophy

اين مقاله به بررسي اين موضوع مي پردازد كه آيا مطالعه انديشه هاي فيلسوفان غربي براي دانشجويان، طلاب و استادان فلسفه اسلامي امري بي ثمر و يا وظيفه اي است لازم و ضروري؟ براي آزمون اين فرضيه، «چهار دليل» اقامه گرديده است كه به ترتيب عبارتند از: 1. كشف و اصطياد نقاط قوت فلسفه غرب و بهره گيري از آنها در زمينه هاي گوناگون، به ويژه در توانمندسازي و پويايي فلسفه اسلامي؛ 2. نقد مبتني بر فهمِ صحيحِ آرا فلاسفه غرب؛ 3. اسلامي سازي علوم؛ 4. غرب شناسي در آيينه آرا و افكار «فلاسفه» غرب، به گونه اي ريشه اي و بنيادين.

This paper investigates the idea whether or not studying the thoughts of western philosophers by students, clerics and teachers of Islamic philosophy is necessary. The necessity of studying the philosophy of the West is emphasized as the answer to the above question and the proposition of this paper. For testing this proposition, four reasons are cited, which are as follows: 1. discovering the strong points of the philosophy of the West and making use of them in different fields, especially for giving a high prestige to Islamic philosophy. 2. Criticism based on a true understanding of western philosophersʹ opinions; 3. Islamization of sciences; 4. Having profound knowledge of the West in the light of the opinions and thoughts of western philosophers.