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Analyzing the Mechanism of Transition from Bottom-Up Causation to Top-Down Causation in Soul–Body Interaction: A Transcendent Theosophy Approach | ||
| مجله پژوهش های فلسفی | ||
| مقالات آماده انتشار، پذیرفته شده، انتشار آنلاین از تاریخ 16 آبان 1405 | ||
| نوع مقاله: مقاله علمی- پژوهشی | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/jpiut.2026.75015.4800 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| محسن ایزدی1؛ فاطمه حیدری* 2 | ||
| 1گروه فلسفه و کلام، دانشکده الهیات، دانشگاه قم، قم، ایران. | ||
| 2گروه فلسفه و کلام اسلامی، دانشکده الهیات، دانشگاه قم، قم، ایران. | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Objective: “Contemporary philosophy of mind grapples with the tension between biological determinism (Bottom-up causation) and the soul’s agency (top-down causation). To resolve this, this interdisciplinary study utilizes Transcendent Theosophy and emergentism to explain the transition mechanism between these states, demonstrating it through managing hormonal and hereditary aggression.” Methods: A descriptive-analytical approach was employed, aligning neuroscientific evidence with Islamic philosophy. Results: The soul, initially “corporeal in origination” (jismāniyyat al-ḥudūth), operates under upward causation. However, through evolutionary “substantial motion” (ḥarakat-i jawhariyyah), it reaches an existential threshold—the “critical point.” Crossing this boundary activates downward causation. This transition mechanism mirrors the “transformation of state to habit” in ethics. Furthermore, neuroscientific evidence like proactive emotion regulation and neuroplasticity proves the soul can exert downward causation, overcoming physiological passivity to physically rewire brain structures. Conclusions: Attaining a settled disposition (malakah) of moral virtues is not merely a subjective concept, but rather has biological origins managed by the soul. Believing in a “human possessing a critical point” empowers individuals against hereditary determinism. Acknowledging this mechanism is vital for resolving the crises of modernity, preventing family breakdowns, and guiding society toward being “spiritual in subsistence” (rūḥāniyyat al-baqāʾ). | ||
| کلیدواژه‌ها | ||
| Soul and body؛ Transcendent Theosophy؛ top-down causation؛ state and disposition؛ Emergentism؛ aggression | ||
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