majid ahsan; میلاد نوری یالقوزآغاجی
Volume 18, Issue 2 , January 0, , Pages 29-42
Abstract
The issue of knowledge over world objects is one of the most controversial issues in the history of philosophy. Meanwhile, dealing with knowledge without a firm belief in the relationship between cognitive faculties and the objects of knowledge is almost impossible. One type of knowledge is rational ...
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The issue of knowledge over world objects is one of the most controversial issues in the history of philosophy. Meanwhile, dealing with knowledge without a firm belief in the relationship between cognitive faculties and the objects of knowledge is almost impossible. One type of knowledge is rational knowledge which relies on the relationship between intelligent and intelligible. Avicenna is one of those philosophers who have discussed this issue in great detail. In some cases, he has provided support explicitly or implicitly for the unification of intelligent and intelligible, and in some other cases he seems to reject it. This dual position has made Avicenna’s conflict of opinion a significant issue.This issue and the way to deal with it has been discussed by philosophers. The present article is an attempt to investigate the inadequacies in Avicenna’s conflict of opinion and presents a new way of dealing with this conflict using av historical frame of analysis.
majid ahsan; Milad Nouri Yalguzaghaji
Volume 17, Issue 2 , January 0, , Pages 148-172
Abstract
the problem of personal identity as related to many ontological and epistemological concepts and discussions is an important issue. Some criterions about personal identity have been proposed which can be doubtable and discussable, even if they can be used to distinguish the personal identity epistemologically. ...
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the problem of personal identity as related to many ontological and epistemological concepts and discussions is an important issue. Some criterions about personal identity have been proposed which can be doubtable and discussable, even if they can be used to distinguish the personal identity epistemologically. In existential aspect of the discussion, some of philosophers has denied the existence of personal identity, and therefore, have gone beyond the discussion, while the others, accepting its basic concept, have gone to say that the criterion of personal identity is a physical criterion, and the others have said that is a physiological one such as the memory. However, between the philosophers saying that the criterion of personal identity is the abstract sprit or soul rather than the body or memory, Mulla Sadra believes on the essential motion of soul that makes it difficult to know how an essentially moving soul can be the criterion of personal identity. In other words, if the soul is always moving becoming different from the prior moment how its personal identity can be understood. Is seems that this dilemma can be solved throughout a deeper understanding of Mulla Sadra’s philosophy about essential motion and his divisions about it
