Principle of Division of Universal Concepts from Peripatetic Philosophers Viewpoint

Document Type : Research Paper

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Faculty member of Noor University

Abstract

One of the innovations of Islamic philosophers is the way the divided the intelligibles and universals into different categories. The recognition of these various sorts of intelligibles could resolve many problems in philosophical and epistemological discussions and any failure to distinguish them from one another could lead to a large number of errors. Identification of types of universal concepts is based on an epistemological principle (standard) in which they could be included. This article is an attempt to find such a principle from the perspective of great Muslim philosophers.

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