172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Intentionality – how thoughts represent reality – lies at the heart of many contemporary philosophical questions in the philosophy of mind. Over the past 20 years, Avicenna’s conception of intentionality has received considerable scholarly attention. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Avicenna’s theory of intentionality.
Demonstrating how Avicenna distinguished theories of... Read more
1: Maʿnā and Representation 2: Representation and Abstraction 3: Acquaintance and Representational Intentionality 4: Beyond the Husserlian Picture 5: The Being of Representation
Biography
Zhenyu Cai completed his PhD at Cambridge in 2022 and is now an assistant professor at Peking University. His research focuses on Arabic philosophy, particularly Avicenna’s philosophy of mind and its reception in post-Avicennian and Han kitāb traditions.
