University of Tehran Philosophy and Kalam 2008-9422 47 2 2014 09 23 The Impact of Sin on the End and Function of Reason in al-Ghazali's Thought The Impact of Sin on the End and Function of Reason in al-Ghazali's Thought 161 181 52864 10.22059/jitp.2014.52864 FA Zahra (Mitra) Poursina Assistant Professor, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2013 10 27 The important issue of epistemic impacts of sin addressed in the<br />contemporary epistemology may be studied from different aspects.<br />One is related to the actual impacts which sin has on the securer of<br />knowledge and the other on the relation of human being and God as<br />the emanator of knowledge. In this article we address the first aspect<br />in an analytic method from al-Ghazali’s viewpoint. This impact is a<br />fundamental one on the end and function of reason and also on the<br />process of knowledge and its product. Here we only discuss the<br />impact of sin on the end and function of reason in its three aspects: the<br />impact of sin on the existential end of reason, its impact on the quality<br />of turning reason towards the truth, and its impact on the emotion and<br />the will related to the comprehension of truth. The impact of sin on the<br />process of knowledge and its product won’t be discussed in this<br />article. The important issue of epistemic impacts of sin addressed in the<br />contemporary epistemology may be studied from different aspects.<br />One is related to the actual impacts which sin has on the securer of<br />knowledge and the other on the relation of human being and God as<br />the emanator of knowledge. In this article we address the first aspect<br />in an analytic method from al-Ghazali’s viewpoint. This impact is a<br />fundamental one on the end and function of reason and also on the<br />process of knowledge and its product. Here we only discuss the<br />impact of sin on the end and function of reason in its three aspects: the<br />impact of sin on the existential end of reason, its impact on the quality<br />of turning reason towards the truth, and its impact on the emotion and<br />the will related to the comprehension of truth. The impact of sin on the<br />process of knowledge and its product won’t be discussed in this<br />article. https://jitp.ut.ac.ir/article_52864_563c235154f28d25f74fae2cf7d95c74.pdf