Methodology
MOHAMMAD NEZHADIRAN; Rozhan Hesam Ghazi
Abstract
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is one of the most influential contemporary traditionalists, who has provided the major criticism of ideas about modernity. Modern science is one of the most important achievements of modernity that has been criticized through Nasr thought. Nasr approach to modern science does not ...
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr is one of the most influential contemporary traditionalists, who has provided the major criticism of ideas about modernity. Modern science is one of the most important achievements of modernity that has been criticized through Nasr thought. Nasr approach to modern science does not stop merely at the level of criticism, but he tries to introduce an alternative to modern science which is named the traditional knowledge that he believes there is an unbreakable link with sacred and religious beliefs. Nasr tries to explain the concept of traditional knowledge through distinction between traditional knowledge with modern science as it is formulated. This paper examines Nasr approach to criticize and review the book "The Need for Sacred Science" which shows that the concept of traditional knowledge has no historical authenticity. Merely nostalgic reaction to the development of modern science and demythologization consequences of the status quo and modern Brjvam relations have been in the face of the crisis. Survey shows that the philosophical foundations of the traditional knowledge provided by Nasr are inconsistent with the nature of historical sciences. But from a negative approach, it is against the ontological, epistemological, and methodological principles of the science.