The ontological status of sensible intentions
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https://doi.org/10.31977/grirfi.v9i1.599Keywords:
Medieval Philosophy; Avicenna; EpistemologyAbstract
At first sight, Avicenna's psychological investigation is not clear about the way by which the soul is related to sensible intentions. From some passages of Kitāb al-nafs in which Avicenna discusses the relation between them and the estimation we can arrive at some conclusions on their ontological status. I am going to analyze the examples used by Avicenna in I.5, II.2 and IV.1 to show the senses in which the term maʻnā is used and if they exist in the world or they result of a particular relation.
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