A Comparison between Taftazani’s and Ibn Sina's Views on Mental Existence

Abstract

Various ideas have been presented on how to relate mental forms toexternal objects, among which one can refer to two theories: theory ofessence objectivity and the theory of apparition. Most scholars have attributed these theories to Ibn Sina and Taftazani respectively. Comparing the views of Ibn Sina and Taftazani,the present articleshows that they not only don’t follow two different approaches, but we can consider Taftazani's words as the confirmation of Ibn Sina's view. Also, referring to various interpretations of the theory of apparition, we will evaluate the attribution of the theory to Taftazani.

Keywords

• Taftazani
• Ibn Sina
• Mental Existence
• Theory of Apparition