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Ibn Sina on the Nature of Pain [PDF]
حکمت معاصر, 2017 From the past, philosophers through philosophical approaches have tried to uncover the hidden aspects of the phenomenon that we call ‘pain’. One of the basic questions in this regard is the nature of pain to which Ibn Sina has addressed.
Mohammad Saeedi Mehr
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Methodos, 2022 This paper endeavors to look into the physiognomical syllogism as occurring in Avicenna’s different summae and to tentatively discuss possible reasons for its select occurrence in some of them and not others, as well as possible implications of this ...
Jens Ole Schmitt
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Some of non-Aristotelian elements in philosophy of Avicenna [PDF]
تاریخ فلسفه اسلامیAvicenna (Ibn Sinā) is the inheritor of Peripatetic Philosophy. Peripatetic Philosophy is the same as Philosophy of Aristotle, and Avicenna always praised Aristotle for that he reformed and reorganized philosophy in a logical and intellectual framework ...
Ebrahim Dadjoo
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The Forms of God's Transcendence in the Philosophy of Ibn Sina
حکمت سینوی, 2019 According to the Ibn Sina's thoughts, there are subtleties and inner possibilities by which one would infer the various forms of God's transcendence. The main question of the present inquiry is what forms of God's transcendence would be presented based ...
Shahnaz Shayanfar
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The Mystery of Awe and Silence at the Level of the Uniqueness of Divine Essence: The Views of Avicenna, Mullā Ṣadrā, and ʿAllāma Ṭabāṭaāʾī [PDF]
حکمت معاصرIn their theological works, Muslim philosophers tend to elaborate on the unity and other attributes of the Necessary Existent (wājib al-wujūd) after establishing its existence. In such discussions, they examine the essence (dhāt) alongside its attributes
Fatemeh Sadeqzadeh Qamsari
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Contemporary Reflections on Substantial Kind Change in Avicenna
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary metaphysics, and especially neo‐Aristotelian metaphysics, tackles many of the same problems as Avicenna did. One of these problems is the possibility of substantial kind change. For instance, is it possible for an animal to change its species?
Tuomas E. Tahko
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Treatment of traumatic brain injury from the viewpoint of Avicenna (Ibn Sina): A historical review
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022 Since the edifice of conventional medicine is built on the pillars of past achievements, review or re-investigate the old medical manuscripts may lead to significant achievements.
Reza Vaghebin +4 more
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PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well‐known argument for this claim developed by contemporary metaphysicians, I show that Ibn Sīnā has anticipated a counterpart of this argument, and that is precisely why he is ...
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
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Modal Logic and Modal Metaphysics: An Avicennian Division of Labour
Theoria, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that Avicenna was both a necessitarian and a realist about contingency. The two aspects of his modal metaphysics are reconciled by arguing that Avicenna's modal metaphysics is founded on realism about essences: strictly speaking, an individual has no contingent properties, but a modal distinction can be made between the ...
Jari Kaukua
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Sententiae, 2019 The article is dedicated to the development of Avicennism in the Ukrainian lands, first of all, in the works of Muslim thinkers who came from the South of Ukraine during the early Modern Era. Giving the importance of the legacy of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) for
Mykhaylo Yakubovych
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