Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism

Jari Kaukua, DSocSci (2007), is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy (CUP, 2015) and many articles on classical and post-classical Islamic philosophy.

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Introduction



1 Real Definition

 1 Real Definition in Avicenna

 2 Suhrawardī’s Critique



2 Modal Logic

 1 Three Reductions: Quantification, Quality, Mode

 2 Avicenna’s Modal Syllogistic

 3 Suhrawardī’s Simplified Model



3 Iʿtibārāt

 1 From Essence and Existence to the iʿtibārāt

 2 The iʿtibārāt and Infinite Regress

 3 In Defence of the iʿtibārāt

 4 The Question of Truth



4 Bundles, Forms, and Perception

 1 From Hylomorphism to Bundle Theory

 2 Anticipation of Forms

 3 Theory of Perception



5 Light and Appearing

 1 The Axiomatic Foundation: Light, Darkness, and the Barrier in between

 2 The Historical Background



6 Light Monism

 1 Degrees of Light

 2 One Light of Lights

 3 From the One to Many: Primary Emanation

 4 Propitious Light: Secondary Emanation



7 Forms

 1 Arguments for the Forms

 2 Suhrawardī’s Theory of Forms

 3 Forms as Universal Causes



8 Corporeal Individuals

 1 Individuals as Bundles

 2 Three Objections

 3 The Question of Individuation



9 Knowledge and Science

 1 Iʿtibārī Concepts and Human Knowledge

 2 Illuminationist Theory of Science



Conclusion: Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism



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