The Stage of Western Orientalists Scholarly Studies in Islam: A review] Peringkat pendekatan kajian sarjana Orientalis Barat terhadap Islam: Satu analisis

Majority of the orientalists adhere to the philosophy of logical empirical positivism, a belief that emphasizes on the total use of mind as a key approach to obtaining accurate scientific facts based on systematic and thorough method of research. This philosophy refuses to prove a fact using sources from the revelation because it is considered irrelevant in historical proof and has created biased and sceptical views about the Malay community in Malaya. This article focuses on the analysis of the orientalist approach in evaluating Islam, as well as the extent to which Islam influenced the lives of the people in Malaya. The author used historiography and comparative methods to analyse the orientalists’ views. The results showed that the orientalist thinking approach in evaluating Islam and its followers especially the Malay community presented a sceptical viewpoint, which has made each of these writings biased on a one-sided judgment and deviated from the historical development of the great Islamic civilization. This false judgement had emerged due to the weakness of the orientalists to understand the Muslims, especially the Malay community due to the European-centric thinking known as Euro-centrism. This thought elevated Europe as a great and civilized nation over other nations, the so-called "ambassador of civilization", and the saviour of all need-to-be civilized nations.

Normativity of Scientific Law in the Perspective of Neo-Kantian Schools of Thought

Scientific normativity of law conceived as a character inherent in legal science as a sui generis. Jurisprudence basically studies the law, something that initially emerged from the dogmatic belief in philosophy. Dogmatism refuse to alter beliefs one iota. The teachings of dogmatic philosophy stem from the teachings of Plato and reflected in the legal enforceability. Dogmatism in the law is reflected in the Corpus Juris Civilis. Along with the development of post Era Scholastic philosophical thinking, the philosophy synthesizes thought between dogmatic thinking and skeptic has appeared in the Age of Enlightenment. This idea is reflected in Transcendental Idealist philosophy thought of Immanuel Kant. The core idea is that real human beings are given the ability to understand based on empirical experience and actually also able to gain an understanding of the human being that is the essence of symptoms. Transcendental Idealist, thus dynamic, moving to look for values that are useful for life. Transcendental Idealist thought then be adopted Kelsen in the teaching of normativity in legal positivism. Normativity in the teachings of Hans Kelsen’s legal positivism derived from the integration of empirical positivism and idealistic empiricism.

NORMATIVITAS KEILMUAN HUKUM DALAM PERSPEKTIF ALIRAN PEMIKIRAN NEO-KANTIAN

Scientific normativity of law conceived as a character inherent in legal science as a sui generis. Jurisprudence basically study the law, something that initially emerged from the dogmatic belief in philosophy. Dogmaticism refuse to alter beliefs one iota. The teachings of dogmatic philosophy stems from the teachings of Plato (428-347 BC) and is reflected in the legal enforceability. Dogmaticism in the law is reflected in the Corpus Juris Civilis. Along with the development of post Era Scholastic philosophical thinking, the philosophy synthesizes thought between dogmatic thinking and skeptic has appeared in the Age of Enlightment.This idea is reflected in Transcendental Idealist philosophy thought of Immanuel Kant (1724 to 1804). The core idea is that real human beings are given the ability tounderstand based on empirical experience and actually also able to gain an understanding of the human being that is the essence of symptoms. Transcendental Idealist, thus dynamic, moving to look for values that are useful for life. Transcendental Idealist thought then be adopted Kelsen (18811973) in the teaching of normativity in legal positivism (legal positivism). Normativity in the teachings of Hans Kelsen’s legal positivismderived from the integration of empirical positivism and idealistic positivism.Keywords : Normativity, Neo-kantian, Hans Kelsen, Transsendental IdealisNormativitas keilmuan hukum dikonsepsikan sebagai karakter yang melekat pada keilmuan hukum sebagai cabang ilmu yang bersifat sui generis.Disebut demikian karena ilmu hukum pada dasarnya mempelajari hukum, sesuatu yang pada awalnya dimunculkan dari pemikiran filsafat yang beraliran dogmatik. Pemikiran filsafat dogmatik menolak alternatif keyakinan (belief) lain dalam berpikir. Pemikiran filsafat dogmatik bermula dari ajaran Plato (428-347 SM) dan tercermin dalam keberlakuanhukum. Dogmatika dalam hukum sangat tercermin dalam Corpus Juris Civilis. Seiring dengan perkembangan pemikiran filsafat pasca Era Skolastik, maka pemikiran filsafat yang mensintesakan antara pemikiran dogmatik dan skeptik telah muncul di Era Pencerahan.Pemikiran tercermin dari filsafat pemikiran Transendental Idealis dari Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Inti pemikirannya adalah bahwa manusia sesungguhnya diberi kemampuan untuk memahami berdasarkan pengalaman empirisdan sesungguhnya pula manusia mampu mendapat pengertian tentang gejala yang bersifat esensi. Transendental Idealis, dengan demikian bersifat dinamis, bergerak untuk mencari nilai-nilai yang berguna untuk kehidupan. Pemikiran Transendental Idealis inilah yang kemudian menjadi landasan pemikiran Hans Kelsen (1881-1973) dalam mengajarkan normativitas dalam positivisme hukum (legal positivism). Normativitas dalam positivisme hukum ajaran Hans Kelsen bersumber dari integrasipositivisme empiris dan empirisme idealis.Kata Kunci : Normativitas, Neo-kantian, Hans Kelsen, Transsendental Idealis

Descartes in the Matrix

With the 1999 film The Martix as its point of departure, this work explores the meaning of ‘reality’ outside the scope of empirical positivism. Drawing on the phenomenological epistemology of the interplay of noetic and noematic dimensions of experience postulated by Husserl, and on the works of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, this work considers how the reality of our experience derives not from some correspondence to a universal ‘objective’ point of view, but from our concernful involvement with our lived world as the horizon of our lived and known projects. Finally, in light of Ricoeur’s work on imagination and productive reference, this work considers whether and on what grounds the distinction between so called ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ experiences is meaningful.