Characteristics of the Methodology of the Transcendental Philosophy

Understanding the Transcendental Philosophy and researching it as a systematic system in Islamic philosophy and explaining the type of research done in its different fields, requires attention to the foundations and the type of methodology that prevails in it so that the various contents presented in it can be well understood. In order to eliminate doubts and explain this presence, while expressing the methodology of the Transcendental Philosophy, the capacities and growth of this philosophy in the direction of Islamic philosophical research are revealed. The Transcendental Philosophy describes the coherent relationship between philosophy and religion and mysticism, whose philosophical explanation of methodology can be considered as a macro model for expanding and deepening the research of related religious knowledge. Therefore, while explaining the methodology of the Transcendental Philosophy, the nature and foundations of the special method of this philosophy, that is, the illuminating-discussion method is discussed in which intuition and reason are gathered. Also, to explain the general method of this philosophy, that is, the nature and foundations of Mulla Sadra’s use of religious texts and theoretical mysticism in the Transcendental Philosophy have been discussed.