On Avicennian Reform of Aristotle’s Metaphysics: what is metaphysics?
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What is metaphysics?
Th ere are, I believe, fi ve main features that serve to distinguish traditional metaphysics from other forms of enquiry. Th ese are: the aprioricity of its methods; the generality of its subject-matter; the transparency or ‘ non-opacity’ of its concepts; its eidicity or concern with the nature of things; and its role as a foundation for what there is. In claiming that these are distinguishing ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Orientalistica
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2618-7043
DOI: 10.31696/2618-7043-2019-2-4-927-953