The foundations of knowledge in transcendental philosophy

  The relation among the three elements of knowledge is considered as an important issue in epistemology. Mollasadra introduced the relation between knowledge and object-known in mental existence and upon his own principals of philosophy believed that the essence of knowledge is the occurring of quiddity and the nature of external object in mind. Knowledge is a kind of existence, which within carries a subsistence of issuing in relation to soul. He in the relation between knowledge and subject explained the unity of subject and object; he believes in the unity of all kinds of perception with perceiver. Therefore it can be said the issues of "mental existence" and" the unification of the perceiver and the perceived "complete one another in epistemology. Key Words: Mental Existence – Subject – Object Known – Knowledge – Mollasadra – The Foundations of Knowledge.