Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's <i>Metaphysics of the Healing</i>

"In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna's metaphysics is neither being nor thing but is the necessary (wājib), which Avicenna employs to demonstrate the existence and true-nature of the divine necessary existence in itself. This conclusion is established through a systematic investigation of how Avicenna's theory of a demonstrative science is employed in the organization of his metaphysical science into its subject, first principles, and objects of enquiry. The book examines the essential role the first principles as primary notions and primary hypotheses play in the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysics"--ISBN : 9789004430372 Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna’s Metaphysics of the Healing Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Primary Sources and Translations Works of Avicenna Other Primary Works Introduction Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing The Problematic An Outline of the Contents Summary Part 1: The Logical Context of the Metaphysics of the Healing 1 Logic, Knowledge, and Questions 1.1 Avicenna's Logic in Context 1.2 Knowledge by Conceptualization and Assent 1.3 The Heuristic Order of Questions Concluding Remarks 2 Conceptualization, Assent, and Scientific Knowledge 2.1 Primary and Acquired Knowledge by Conceptualization 2.2 Primary and Acquired Knowledge by Assent 2.3 Logic, Knowledge, and Demonstrative Science Concluding Remarks Part 2: Scientific Order of the Metaphysics of the Healing 3 Subject and Goal of the Science of Metaphysics 3.1 Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing in Context 3.2 The Subject and Goal of a Scientific Metaphysics 3.3 The Objects of Enquiry of a Scientific Metaphysics Concluding Remarks 4 The Scientific First Principles of the Science of Metaphysics 4.1 Scientific First Principles and Interpretations of Ilahiyyat i.5-8 4.2 Conceptualization, Assent, and the Textual Division of Ilahiyyat i.5-8 4.3 The Goal of Ilahiyyat i.5-8 Concluding Remarks Part 3: Scientific Principles and the Senses of Being 5 The Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles of Metaphysics: A Formal Approach 5.1 The Four Senses of Being in Aristotle, al-Farabi, and Avicenna 5.2 Avicenna's Integration of the Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles Concluding Remarks 6 The Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles of Metaphysics: A Material Approach to the Principles of Conceptualization 6.1 Primary Notions 6.2 A Comparison of the Primary Notions Concluding Remarks 7 The Four Senses of Being and the Scientific Principles of Metaphysics: A Material Approach to the Principles of Assent 7.1 Primary Hypotheses 7.2 Primary Axioms Concluding Remarks 8 Being per se and Being per accidens: On the Analogy and Accidentality of Existence 8.1 Being per se and the Analogy of Existence 8.2 Being per accidens and the Accidentality of Existence Concluding Remarks Part 4: Basic and Fundamental Principles in the Metaphysics of the Healing 9 The Basic Primary Notions in Avicenna's Metaphysics 9.1 The Primary Notions as Prior to their Opposites 9.2 Primary Notions Subordination by Intensional Priority 9.3 The Intensional Subordination of One (wa?id) 9.4 The Intensional Subordination of Thing (say?) to Being (mawjud) Concluding Remarks 10 The Fundamental Primary Notion in Avicenna's Metaphysics 10.1 The Necessary as the Fundamental Primary Notion in Ontology 10.2 The Necessary as the Fundamental Primary Notion in Aitiology 10.3 The Necessary as the Fundamental Primary Notion in Theology Concluding Remarks Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources and Translations Index "In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna's metaphysics is neither being nor thing but is the necessary (wājib), which Avicenna employs to demonstrate the existence and true-nature of the divine necessary existence in itself. This conclusion is established through a systematic investigation of how Avicenna's theory of a demonstrative science is employed in the organization of his metaphysical science into its subject, first principles, and objects of enquiry. The book examines the essential role the first principles as primary notions and primary hypotheses play in the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysics"-- Provided by publisher In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna's Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan explicates the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysical masterpiece. De Haan argues that the most fundamental primary notion in Avicenna's metaphysics is neither being nor thing but is the necessary (wājib), which Avicenna employs to demonstrate the existence and true-nature of the divine necessary existence in itself. This conclusion is established through a systematic investigation of how Avicenna's theory of a demonstrative science is employed in the organization of his metaphysical science into its subject, first principles, and objects of enquiry. The book examines the essential role the first principles as primary notions and primary hypotheses play in the central argument of Avicenna's metaphysics. See inside the book. In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicennas Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan examines the primary notions being, thing, one, and necessary and their roles in the central argument of Avicennas metaphysical masterpiece.