Kāshānī’s Impact on Mullā Ṣadrā’s Contribution to The Problem of Mental Existence: A Historical-Comparative Study

نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, The Institute for Research and Development in the Humanities, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD. in Islamic Philosophy, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

چکیده

Discussions on the works of lesser-known philosophers in history can illuminate various issues, helping to establish historical connections between various thinkers. One such philosopher is Abū al-Hasan Kāshānī (d. 1558), a 16th-century figure whose views have not yet been thoroughly studied. He authored numerous works in the field of philosophy and logic, many of which remain unpublished or unedited. His treatise on mental existence (al-wujūd al-dhihnī) contains detailed and profound contributions. Mullā Ṣadrā (c. 1571-1635/40 AD) authored several works on mental existence based on Kāshānī’s views. For example, it was Kāshānī who first used the distinction between primary predication (al-ḥaml al-awwalī) and common technical predication (al-ḥaml al-shāyiʿ al-ṣanāʿī) in solving the puzzle of mental existence. Mullā Ṣadrā adopted Kāshānī’s terminology in his magnum opus Al-Asfār al-Arbaʿah. We demonstrate Kāshānī’s influence on Mullā Ṣadrā’s account of mental existence, utilizing a comparative and descriptive methodology. The material of this research includes Kāshānī’s manuscript on mental existence as well as Mullā Ṣadrā’s works on this issue. The authors edited and revised Kāshānī’s manuscript and during the editing realized this important influence by comparing it with Mullā Ṣadrā's works.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Kāshānī’s Impact on Mullā Ṣadrā’s Contribution to The Problem of Mental Existence: A Historical-Comparative Study

نویسندگان [English]

  • Hamid Reza Khademi 1
  • Reza Hesari 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, The Institute for Research and Development in the Humanities, Tehran, Iran
2 PhD. in Islamic Philosophy, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
چکیده [English]

Discussions on the works of lesser-known philosophers in history can illuminate various issues, helping to establish historical connections between various thinkers. One such philosopher is Abū al-Hasan Kāshānī (d. 1558), a 16th-century figure whose views have not yet been thoroughly studied. He authored numerous works in the field of philosophy and logic, many of which remain unpublished or unedited. His treatise on mental existence (al-wujūd al-dhihnī) contains detailed and profound contributions. Mullā Ṣadrā (c. 1571-1635/40 AD) authored several works on mental existence based on Kāshānī’s views. For example, it was Kāshānī who first used the distinction between primary predication (al-ḥaml al-awwalī) and common technical predication (al-ḥaml al-shāyiʿ al-ṣanāʿī) in solving the puzzle of mental existence. Mullā Ṣadrā adopted Kāshānī’s terminology in his magnum opus Al-Asfār al-Arbaʿah. We demonstrate Kāshānī’s influence on Mullā Ṣadrā’s account of mental existence, utilizing a comparative and descriptive methodology. The material of this research includes Kāshānī’s manuscript on mental existence as well as Mullā Ṣadrā’s works on this issue. The authors edited and revised Kāshānī’s manuscript and during the editing realized this important influence by comparing it with Mullā Ṣadrā's works.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Abū al-Ḥasan Kāshānī
  • Mullā Ṣadrā
  • mental existence theory (MET)
  • tautological predication (TP)
  • common technical predication (CTP)
  • ontology of knowledge

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