In ontological Reductionism A Critical Review on the Book Lies / Free Will

Hashemi  Asl, Seyyed Yazdan; Shokri, Mohsen

doi:10.30465/crtls.2024.41212.2701

Document Type : Research

Authors

¹ PhD Student of Political Science (Political Thoughts), Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

² PhD Student of Political Science (Iran Issues), Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2024.41212.2701

Abstract

The book Lie / Free Will proposes to examine two key and important questions; 1) What is the phenomenon of lying and how can its functional mechanism be controlled? 2) Does man have free will to remain loyal to moral duties? In analyzing the phenomenon of lying, the author expresses his point of view from a philosophical point of view, emphasizing the consequences of an action (the badness of the result of a lie). This means that the result of a human reaction in the field of action has priority and superiority over biological neurology. What if he adopts a naturalistic (scientific-empirical) attitude in examining the phenomenon of free will: This means that he insists on the priority of biological action over the result of human reaction in the field of action. The present article, along with the detailed introduction of this book is trying to critically review the work in terms of structure, content, form, and methodology. The reviews of the present article show that the author, as a non-systematic philosopher, was able to process his main idea in a relatively coherent way; However, the results of his scientific-philosophical investigations and reflections prove that the book is caught in the trap of determinism/ontological reductionism in terms of content and method in the field of epistemological hierarchy of science. It seems that the author's integrated (philosophical/scientific/atheistic) approach carries a kind of internal logic paradox. This paradox will be analyzed in the framework of two types of criticism, structural criticism from the author's argument and out discursive criticism from the perspective of the Iranian-Islamic intellectual tradition. Among other defects of the book, we can mention its writing and editing defects.
Keywords: Lie, Free Will, Physicalism, Reductionism, Internal Logic Paradox, Structural Criticism, Out Discursive Criticism.

Main Subjects

Philosophy

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Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

In ontological Reductionism A Critical Review on the Book Lies / Free Will

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Volume 23, Issue 4 - Serial Number 114
February 2024
Pages 185-211

In ontological Reductionism A Critical Review on the Book Lies / Free Will

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Volume 23, Issue 4 - Serial Number 114February 2024Pages 185-211

Volume 23, Issue 4 - Serial Number 114
February 2024
Pages 185-211