Tracing and Analyzing of Knowledge by Presence in Contemporary Psychological Approaches

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD of Psychology, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, Qom, Iran

2 Assistant Professor in Department of Psychology, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, Qom, Iran

3 Associate Professor in Department of Philosophy, Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, Qom, Iran

10.22034/ip.2026.360.1248

Abstract

The Knowledge by Presence (or intuitive knowledge) has a special place in epistemology, in such a way that the first cornerstone of human’s certain knowledge is based on intuitive, immediate and unquestionable knowledge. In contemporary psychology, although psychologists have not directly discussed the philosophical nature of Knowledge by Presence and its place, evidence can be found among the issues and problems of this science that is closely related to Knowledge by Presence. The aim of the current research was to track and analyze the examples of Knowledge by Presence in contemporary psychology schools. The method of the current research was also a qualitative one of descriptive-analytical type. Investigations showed that the doctrine of Knowledge by Presence has a lot of similarities with the knowledge of psychology, and to the same extent that the discussion about cognitions, motivations and human tendencies is less within the domain of sensory experience, it belongs more to Knowledge by Presence. As a result, the examination of major schools and approaches in contemporary psychology, including structuralism, functionalism, psychoanalysis, anthropology and cognitivism, shows traces of Knowledge by Presence in some topics, in a way that each of them is representative of Knowledge by Presence.

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Islam and Psychological Research
Volume 11, Issue 24 - Serial Number 24
December 2025
Pages 161-182

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  • Receive Date: 02 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 04 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 16 December 2024

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