Searching for Avicenna's point of view in connection with the problem of mental representation in the Philosophy of Mind

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Milad kasirlu
1. MA of Islamic philosophy and theology - Imam Sadiq Uuiversity of Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/zehn.2025.2035482.2046
Abstract
Representation theory is one of the epistemological theories proposed in Sinavi's wisdom, which has been accepted by many Mind philosophers in the contemporary era, due to its high explanatory power in explaining the way that people connect with outside world. In this regard, this writing has tried to prove the hypothesis that despite the existence of a time gap of about a thousand years between Ibn Sina and contemporary Mind philosophers and the expansion of experimental materials by collecting and categorizing materials from related sources and adopting an analytical method . Related to this theory, in addition to the similarities between his views and some contemporary philosophers, in many points of difference between his views and these philosophers, answers can be provided by Sinavi wisdom, which indicate The aliveness of his thought is in the face of contemporary epistemological issues. In addition, the reasons for the existence of contradictions and similarities between his opinions and contemporary philosophers have been among the other issues of interest in this writing.
Keywords
Knowledge
Ibn Sina
Mental Represetnation theory
Sabetat theory
Mu'؛ tazele
Mind philosophers

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