معرفت کلامی

Telepathy, meaning mental communication between two humans without the use of sensory faculties, has long been a subject of interest. The existence of this phenomenon is generally denied by materialists and physicalists, whereas dualists cite it as evidence for the correctness of their own view. The present paper attempts to render a judgment in this regard using a library-based, descriptive-critical method, and after explaining the various dimensions of this phenomenon, discusses the reason and the origin of telepathy. The author believes that the failure of empiricists to provide an empirical and defensible explanation of telepathy, as well as its characteristics that are inconsistent with the known laws governing the material world, strengthens the possibility that immaterial matters are involved in its occurrence. Relying on existing evidence (including the results of Ganzfeld experiments) and gathering other usable forms of knowledge in this field, the research concludes that telepathy may be an indication of the immaterial and abstract dimension of the human being (the soul or nafs).