نوع مقاله : علمی پژوهشی
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The principle of tarjīḥ bilā marjiḥ (making a preference without a preference/preponderance without a preponderant) is one of the foundational rational principles in Islamic philosophy and theology. It asserts the impossibility of preferring one possibility over another without the presence of a causal or rational preference. Historically, this principle has played a decisive role in rejecting views grounded in randomness or non-causal selection. One contemporary theory that poses a significant challenge to philosophical theology is the “random selection of worlds,” advanced within the framework of multiverse hypotheses and certain interpretations of quantum mechanics. This theory claims that the emergence or selection of our world among countless possible worlds is merely the outcome of a random event, requiring no rational preference. The necessity of the present study lies in addressing this challenge from a rational‑philosophical perspective, while drawing upon the Islamic intellectual tradition in a manner that enables dialogue with Western philosophy of religion and simultaneously remains faithful to the foundations of Islamic philosophy. The findings demonstrate that any attempt to justify the random selection of a world inevitably falls into the problem of tarjīḥ bilā marjiḥ, and is therefore logically incomplete. The originality of this research lies in two dimensions: first, a comparative interpretation of this principle within the context of dialogue between Islamic philosophy and contemporary philosophy of religion; second, the presentation of a new analytical model showing that even physical models of randomness require a preference at the metaphysical level. This study adopts an analytical‑critical approach, examining the epistemological and ontological foundations of the principle of tarjīḥ bilā marjiḥ, and applying it to critique the theory of random selection of worlds, thereby highlighting the potential for interdisciplinary dialogue and critique.
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