New ideas for the reconstruction of social sciences based on the sources of Islamic thought
ebrahim khani
Abstract
This article seeks to demonstrate the efficacy of the "Four Journeys" model as an innovative methodological framework in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of the social sciences, using a research discourse approach. To this end, the concept of the Four Journeys in Islamic mysticism is first ...
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This article seeks to demonstrate the efficacy of the "Four Journeys" model as an innovative methodological framework in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of the social sciences, using a research discourse approach. To this end, the concept of the Four Journeys in Islamic mysticism is first clarified, and it is then argued that the model represents a comprehensive cognitive framework, not confined solely to mystical or spiritual discourse. This claim is substantiated by analyzing and critiquing various types of rational action, showing that forms of analytical, essential, universal, descriptive, and synthetic reasoning align methodologically with the four stages of the Four Journeys. As such, the "Four Journeys of Thought" model may be regarded as a novel epistemological theory. Subsequently, in order to demonstrate the model’s applicability within the philosophy of the social sciences, several prominent sociological theories are re-evaluated through the lens of the Four Journeys. Despite the significant methodological and theoretical differences among these thinkers, their intellectual trajectories can be mapped onto the logic of the Four Journeys, thereby enabling a unified framework for their comparison and interpretation.
