Comparison of Allameh Tabatabai and Naeini's views on the Correspondent relation (Reflections on the Correspondence theory in Islamic philosophy)

Epistemologists have defined several criteria for truth; One of these criteria is the Correspondence theory, which is widely accepted, but the interpretation and explanation of its components are controversial among experts. This study is devoted to Naini and Tabatabai's views on the Correspondant relation; A view that has received less attention or has not been comparatively addressed. Given that the subject of truth is a compound fact, is Correspondence consistent with the whole as a All used individually or is it the All used collectively? By analyzing the works of Naini and Tabatabai, we reach the important point that their intellectual foundations include two contradictory interpretations of the relation of conformity; Naini considers the conformity of affirmations as a All used collectively, while Tabatabai's intellectual foundations sometimes affirm conformity as a All used collectively and in some cases as a All used individually. This article, while comparing and criticizing the views and arguments of these two thinkers, presents evidence contrary to Tabatabai's views and its Epistemological consequences and tries to prefer the Naini Theory, but does not consider it to be free of problems.