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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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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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