The Paradigmatic Significance of Perception in Mullā Ṣadrā’s Philosophy of Being
Ṣadrā presents the usefulness of the faculties of perception governed by the intellect as a fitting paradigm for understanding man’s being in the world in relation to the divine purpose and source of this being. Perception raises challenging questions which, while peripheral to philosophy proper, ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Tabriz
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Philosophical Investigations |
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| Online Access: | http://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_7994_54e2513cba38f983528fc2a9bff96686.pdf |
| Summary: | Ṣadrā presents the usefulness of the faculties of perception governed by the intellect as a fitting paradigm for understanding man’s being in the world in relation to the divine purpose and source of this being. Perception raises challenging questions which, while peripheral to philosophy proper, have contributed to the debate on knowing and being. Dating back to the Presocratics, this debate came to a head in Islamicate civilization, where perception played a paradigmatic role that also put civilization, on a human scale, at the forefront of the philosophical enterprise. Contemporary historians of thought obscure this role when their interpretations of past traditions are too heavily colored by the positivist conception of perception. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-7960 2423-4419 |