Intelligible Forms, Inherence and the Materiality of the Soul

Zadyousefi, A.

doi:10.58209/jpt.1.1.79

Intelligible Forms, Inherence and the Materiality of the Soul

Document Type : Note

Author

A. Zadyousefi

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.58209/jpt.1.1.79

Abstract

According to Avicenna's theory of knowledge, intellectual knowledge in human beings is explained via the inherence of intelligible forms in the soul. In this paper, I will show that the inherence of intelligible forms in the soul is at odds with the soul's immateriality.

Keywords

Avicenna

Intelligible Forms

Inherence

Materiality of the Soul

Intellectual Knowledge

Subjects

Epistemology (Islamic)

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