Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy

There is a controversy in the contemporary literature on Mullasadra’s view on the reality of quiddity; is quiddity in-the-World or just in-the-Mind? This paper aims to argue that from Mullasadra’s viewpoint, it is in-the-World. For this end, I will argue that some of Mullasadra's expressions co...

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Main Author: Davood Hosseini
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Published: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS) 2017-09-01
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Online Access:http://wisdom.ihcs.ac.ir/article_2975_db5d0baac630a5f6b45199dfe4381451.pdf
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spelling doaj-e1dbb3758bb44343b76e8fd45731afe62020-11-25T00:55:21ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)حکمت معاصر2383-06892383-06972017-09-0182233710.30465/cw.2017.29752975Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s PhilosophyDavood Hosseini0Assistant Professor, Philosophy Department, Tarbiat Modares UniversityThere is a controversy in the contemporary literature on Mullasadra’s view on the reality of quiddity; is quiddity in-the-World or just in-the-Mind? This paper aims to argue that from Mullasadra’s viewpoint, it is in-the-World. For this end, I will argue that some of Mullasadra's expressions concerning quiddity (namely, quiddity’s being an abstract entity and its being true of existence) when attached to his theses about abstraction and truth, entails that quiddity is in-the-World; though it exists just secondarily. If these arguments turn out to be sound, a question arises: what is the difference between existence’s being primarily existent and quiddity’s being secondarily so? In order to answer this question, I will propose that one can understand and explain primary and secondary existence and being in-the-World by means of effectiveness and mind-independence. I will give some textual evidence which show that this proposal is not far from Mullasadra’s own viewpoint.http://wisdom.ihcs.ac.ir/article_2975_db5d0baac630a5f6b45199dfe4381451.pdfexistencequidditybeing in-the-Worldtruthsecondarily existentabstract
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Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy
حکمت معاصر
existence
quiddity
being in-the-World
truth
secondarily existent
abstract
author_facet Davood Hosseini
author_sort Davood Hosseini
title Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy
title_short Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy
title_full Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy
title_fullStr Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy
title_full_unstemmed Quiddity’s Being in-the-World and Its Secondarily Existence; Arguments for Quiddity’s Being in-the-World in Mullasadra’s Philosophy
title_sort quiddity’s being in-the-world and its secondarily existence; arguments for quiddity’s being in-the-world in mullasadra’s philosophy
publisher Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)
series حکمت معاصر
issn 2383-0689
2383-0697
publishDate 2017-09-01
description There is a controversy in the contemporary literature on Mullasadra’s view on the reality of quiddity; is quiddity in-the-World or just in-the-Mind? This paper aims to argue that from Mullasadra’s viewpoint, it is in-the-World. For this end, I will argue that some of Mullasadra's expressions concerning quiddity (namely, quiddity’s being an abstract entity and its being true of existence) when attached to his theses about abstraction and truth, entails that quiddity is in-the-World; though it exists just secondarily. If these arguments turn out to be sound, a question arises: what is the difference between existence’s being primarily existent and quiddity’s being secondarily so? In order to answer this question, I will propose that one can understand and explain primary and secondary existence and being in-the-World by means of effectiveness and mind-independence. I will give some textual evidence which show that this proposal is not far from Mullasadra’s own viewpoint.
topic existence
quiddity
being in-the-World
truth
secondarily existent
abstract
url http://wisdom.ihcs.ac.ir/article_2975_db5d0baac630a5f6b45199dfe4381451.pdf
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