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Tag: "Reason"

tag name: Reason type: Philosophy; Science: natural, social, and applied
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Reason
related tags: Concepts, Philosophical; Concepts, Science; Thought
referring tags: Aql; Assumptions; Logic; Rationality
Inventory subject: Rational arguments
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason; bahai9.com/wiki/Reason; bahaiquotes.com/subject/reason

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30 results from the Main Catalog

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  1. 2025. Superstition and the Structure of True Knowledge: A Bahá'í Critique of Khurāfāt and Epistemic Deviation. Iman Motlagh Arani. — Superstitions — numerology, astrology, psychic powers, esoteric myths — are an epistemic and spi...
  2. 2025. Reason in the Orbit of Revelation: Constructing a Bahá'í Philosophical Paradigm. Iman Motlagh Arani. — A book-length systematic proposal for a Baha'i philosophical framework across metaphysics, epistemol...
  3. 2025. Wisdom and Philosophy in the Bahá'í Faith: On the Divine Horizon of Ḥikmat and the Boundaries of Speculative Reason. Iman Motlagh Arani. — On a Baha'i philosophical paradigm that reconfigures the nature of philosophy itself: a prophetic on...
  4. 2023-09. La Condition Humaine: âme, raison, conscience. Pierre Daoust. — Cet article propose un tour d'horizon des Écrits sur les notions d'âme, de raison et de conscience...
  5. 2023-07. Mind: "The Power of the Human Spirit". Gerald Filson. — Correlating Baha’i concepts of the mind with insights from philosophy; conceptual ways of knowing;...
  6. 2020-04-10. Writings of the Báb, The: Notes from Talks given by Dr. Nader Saiedi. Nader Saiedi, Anonymous, comp. . — Structured summarized notes from Dr. Saiedi’s 2019 talks on the Bab’s Writings, delivered at the...
  7. 2019. Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School. Nader Saiedi. — On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell;...
  8. 2018-05-03. 35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith. Bridging Beliefs. — Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Baha'i Faith and against relig...
  9. 2017-2020. List of Articles by Nader Saiedi on BahaiTeachings.org. Nader Saiedi. — Links to 40 essays about Baha'i teachings on spiritual unity, justice, freedom, democracy, and globa...
  10. 2017-09-18. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks. Steven Phelps. — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
  11. 2017. Bahá'í Philosophy of Human Nature, The. Ian Kluge. — How the essential reality of the individual — the human soul and its powers of rational thought, w...
  12. 2015 Fall. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions. Juan Cole. — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...
  13. 2015. Ethics Based on Science Alone?. Ian Kluge. — A critique of the idea that ethics can be based on science alone; questions of legitimacy and author...
  14. 2013-09. Perspectives on Science and Religion. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. — On questions about discourses in the scientific community, the existence of the soul, and certain ut...
  15. 2013. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings. Ian Kluge. — The Baha'i Faith has much to say on the importance of reason, logic, and a "rational God," but the m...
  16. 2013. La Raison dans les Ecrits baha'is: Son importance, sa fonction, son usage. Ian Kluge, Pierre Spierckel, trans. . — French translation of "Reason and the Baha'i Writings."
  17. 2010. Historical Consciousness and the Divine Plan. Douglas Martin. — A series of eight short talks (total around two hours), in both audio and video formats, on the evol...
  18. 2009/2012. New Atheism, The: A Bahá'í Perspective. Ian Kluge. — Logically and philosophically speaking, the works of the "new atheists" are deeply flawed and are of...
  19. 2008. Achieving Planetary Consciousness: Reality, Reason, and Revelation. William S. Hatcher. — The importance of understanding the world in terms of both linearity and non-linearity; the need to ...
  20. 2001-09-02. Reason and the Bahá'í Writings: The Use and Misuse of Logic and Persuasion. Ian Kluge. — How to study the Baha'i Writings through the use of logic.
  21. 2001. Tablet on the Inmost Heart. Abdu'l-Bahá, William F. McCants, trans, Steven Phelps, trans. . — On the four balances (scales) with which people weigh reality, significance, and the divine question...
  22. 2001. Rationality in Academic Disciplines. K. P. Mohanan. — For an academic community to construct knowledge through teamwork, its members must have a shared la...
  23. 2001. Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective. Adrian John Davis. — A Baha'i-Sufi comparative study exploring similarities and key differences between the Perfect Man a...
  24. 2001. Divine Philosophy and the Gift of Understanding. Robert Sarracino. — On the need for a basic understanding of the concepts of religion for the improvement of society.
  25. 1996. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality. Paul Lample, comp. — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  26. 1978 Spring. Knowledge of God, The: An Essay on Bahá'í Epistemology. Jack McLean. — Knowledge of the divine is the beginning of all things. This can come through the investigative facu...
  27. 1976 [1921]. Tablet to Auguste Forel. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, trans. . — A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Baha written in 1921, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist August...
  28. 1973 Summer. ‘Irfán, Gnosis, or Mystical Knowledge. Jalil Mahmoudi. — Explores ‘Irfan (gnosis) as mystical knowledge, contrasting empirical and rational forms, emphasiz...
  29. 1971. عقل در حکمت مشاء: از ارسطو تا ابن سینا (Intellect in Peripatetic Philosophy: From Aristotle to Avicenna). Alí Murád Dávúdí. — Lengthy study of Islamic and Greek philosophy, on the concept of the intellect from Aristotle throug...
  30. 1953?. Message of the World Spiritual Crusade received from the Guardian. Alí-Akbar Furútan. — Notes taken by Furútan in the early years of the 10-year plan (1953-63) and distributed at the requ...
 
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