Intelligible Forms, Inherence and the Materiality of the Soul

Document Type : Note

Author
A. Zadyousefi
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
10.58209/jpt.1.1.79
Abstract
According to Avicenna's theory of knowledge, intellectual knowledge in human beings is explained via the inherence of intelligible forms in the soul. In this paper, I will show that the inherence of intelligible forms in the soul is at odds with the soul's immateriality.

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