Journal of Philosophical Investigations

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant professor, Semnan University

2 Assistant Professor, Yasouj University

Abstract

The naturalistic explanation of realized dream (or dreams that come true) means that this phenomen will be explained regardless of supernatural agents. Aristotle in Parva naturalia and Jung in his works explained dream visionary. In this article by scrutiny on these thinkers’ theory, we will indicate the naturalistic approach to dream that is far- fetched for followers of metaphysics. In spite of this fact that Aristotle and Jung both belonged to different historical contexts, they have common aspect in terms of naturalistic method ,in the universal or broad sense of word , but in terms of content both explain the realized dream by the term “coincidence” or accidental conformity between objective events and psychological affairs. It also seems that the notion of Neutral monism in Jung is adaptive to Hylomorphism in Aristotle psychology and this provides a path for naturalistic approach to dream as one forms of consciousness.

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