Abstract
The interpretation of the “second intelligibles” (al-ma‘qūlāt al-thāniya/al-ma‘qūlāt al-thawānī), as a
term which is highly sophisticated and closely related to many philosophical disciplines, began with al-Fārābī and
continued to expand its content especially in the literature of logic until the modern times. In this process, following
al-Fārābī several philosophers such as Ibn Sīnā, ‘Umar al-§āwī, Fakhr al-dīn al-Rāzī, ‘Umar al-Kātibī, Shams al-dīn
al-Samarqandī, Qutb al-dīn al-Rāzī and Sayyid Sharīf Jurjānī became salient figures in interpreting the second
intelligibles. The accumulated tradition including various approaches and transformations on the subject was
transmitted directly to the Ottoman period, during which the second intelligibles were widely discussed with
new concepts and issues. As it had been before, these interpretations and discussions found place in the literature
of logic during the Ottoman period. In this article, I will examine the interpretations on the second intelligibles
from al-Fārābī to Jurjānī while marking moments of change and development. Then I will examine how Ottoman
philosophers and logicians approached the second intelligibles by comparing the commentaries of Burhān al-dīn
Bulgārī, Kul Ahmed (Ahmed b. Muhammad b. Khıdr), §adr al-dīn-zāda Mehmed Emin Shirwānī and Kara Khalil b.
Hasan al-Tirawī on Mullā Fanārī’s famous book on logic, al-Fawā’id al-Fanāriyya.
Keywords
First intelligibles second intelligibles subject-matter of logic Islamic history of logic logic in Ottoman period commentaries on al-Fawā’id al-FanāriyyaShare
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- Authors: Ömer Mahir Alper, Prof., Istanbul University
- DOI: dx.doi.org/10.15808/Nazariyat.1.2.M0008
- Year: 2015 (May) / Volume: 1 / Issue: 2
- Page: 35-68
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