Iʿtibārī Concepts in Suhrawardī: The Case of Substance

Abstract Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī (d. 587/1191) famously criticised the central concepts of Avicennian metaphysics as merely mind-dependent (or iʿtibārī) notions. This paper aims to show that despite his critique, Suhrawardī held that these concepts are meaningful, indeed necessary for human cogn...

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Main Author: Kaukua, Jari (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Oriens
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 40-66
Further subjects:B Avicenna
B Realism
B Conceptualism
B iʿtibār
B Suhrawardī
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