Abstract
Beyond being a tool of science, logic is also a specific discipline in Islamic studies that reflects scholars’ metaphysical and ontological assumptions. One feature that best reflects the perceptions of scholars who use logic as a scientific tool is the parallelism between matter-form (mādda-ṣūra) and genus-differentia (jins-faṣl). Genus-differentia are the reflections of the Avicennian matter-form theory in epistemology. In this article, I examine how Ibn Sīnā approached the relationship between genus-differentia and matter-form by accepting the matter-form ontology. Moreover, I analyze how Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, by applying an atomic ontology, explained genus-differentia in contrast to the matter-form theory.
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Genus Differentia Matter Form Logic Ontology MetaphysicsShare
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- Authors: Sacide Ataş, Phd Candidate, İstanbul Medeniyet University
- DOI: dx.doi.org/10.12658/Nazariyat.6.1.M0091en
- Page: 25-242
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