Logical Studies

The validity of reason and imitation in the psychological logic of Mirzai Qom

Document Type : Research

Author

Majid Zamani Alavijeh

PhD student in Philosophy of Ethics, University of Qom Email address

https://doi.org/10.30465/lsj.2025.49901.1481
Abstract
Mirza Qomi's explanation about practical reason is important in three ways: (1) He is considered one of the most serious critics of Aristotelian logic and the way of reasoning in this logic, and he has followed a different path from the defenders of this logic. (2) The logic governing Mirza Qomi's thought is considered a psychological logic. and (3) by presenting a different explanation of the nature of reason, he considers imitation as a type of reason and opens the chapter of reference to imitation in practical matters.
It is shown that Mirzai Qomi considers every persuasive thing as a reason. By deviating from formalism in Aristotelian logic, Mirza believes in the multiplicity of forms in argument and believes that the manner of the mujtahid's reasoning determines the form of the argument a posteriori; Therefore, as a priori, no form can be accepted as the form of argument. According to Mirza, there is no logical certainty and logical certainty is also a kind of psychological certainty. If absolute certainty is a psychological matter, three requirements arise: (1) The distinction between specific suspicion and general suspicion disappears and all suspicions become equally valid. Therefore, (2) there is no difference in the validity of suspicions from which source they come? and (3) persuasive imitation has no difference from the epistemological point of view with psychological certainty, and rather it is considered a partial imitation of certainty; Therefore (4) we can use imitation in practical matters.

Keywords

Mirzai Qomi
psychological logic
logical reason
Criticism of Aristotelian logic
Subjects
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Logical Studies
Volume 15, Issue 2
March 2025
Pages 49-79

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