From Focal Homonymy to the Ambiguity of Existence (tashkīk al-wujūd): Avicenna’s Reception and Revision of Aristotle’s Categorial Ontology

IF 0.5 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Oriens Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI:10.1163/18778372-12340027

Zachary Candy

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Abstract

This paper argues that both Aristotle’s theory of the so-called focal homonymy of “being” and Avicenna’s corresponding theory of the ambiguity of “existence” (tashkīk al-wujūd) are meant to address the same dilemma of categorial ontology, but by recourse to different solutions. Avicenna retains Aristotle’s concerns but rejects his solution of focal homonymy, offering a new theory which more satisfactorily addresses each horn of the dilemma. This reading departs from prior scholarship, which, taking Avicenna to have adopted the focal theory basically intact from his Late Antique predecessors, instead tends to privilege the theory’s (peripheral) theological applications.

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从焦点同义到存在的歧义(tashk k al-wujūd):阿维森纳对亚里士多德范畴本体论的接受与修正

本文认为，亚里士多德的所谓“存在”的焦点同一性理论和阿维森纳相应的“存在”的模糊性理论(tashk k al-wujūd)都是为了解决同样的范畴本体论困境，但求助于不同的解决方案。阿维森纳保留了亚里士多德的关注，但拒绝了他的焦点同音的解决方案，提供了一个新的理论，更令人满意地解决了每个角的困境。这种解读偏离了先前的学术研究，认为阿维森纳采用了焦点理论，基本上完好无损地从他的晚期古代前辈那里得到，相反，倾向于特权理论的(外围)神学应用。

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