Meaning
Shahrur maintains that reason and knowledge are the two principal mediators in two transformations he presents in the same formulation: transforming speech into action, and transforming imagination into reality. He states that this applies “whether in the natural sciences or in the human sciences.”
Structure of the Atom in the Atlas
- Type of argument: methodological.
- Argument movement: reason and knowledge ← transforming speech into action and transforming imagination into reality.
- Central terms: reason, knowledge, speech, action, imagination, reality.
This is a declarative atom that records the claim as stated and does not add detailed conditions for the transformation that are not established by the cited passage.
Support
“He builds his thesis on the premise that reason and knowledge are the two principal mediators for transforming speech into action, and transforming imagination into reality, whether in the natural sciences or in the human sciences.”
Limits of the Reading
The cited passage does not explain the mechanism of this transformation or the criterion for its realization, nor does it establish that the transformation is conditional upon accordance with the laws of things or their objective structure.