نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Throughout the history of mankind, there have been divine Prophets and thinkers (theosophists) who tried their best to offer arguments ("proofs") for the existence of the Divine. Ibn Sina (Avicenna), referred to as an Islamic philosopher, plays a significant part in offering proofs or demonstrations for the existence of the Divine ("God").
In this article, the writer discusses that the problem of the existence of God is a theoretical one and that among the existing philosophical proofs for the existence of God a few can deserve serious attention, focusing his discussion on various accounts Ibn Sina offered for the existence of God in his most significant works such as "al-Shifa" ("Healing"), al-Najah ("Deliverance") and "al-Mabda" wa’l-ma’ad and goes on to explain that all these accounts are actually one and the same statement. Ibn Sina calls his demonstration (Borhan) "Seddiqin" and, as such, has been criticized by Mullă Sadră (Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Qawami al-Shirazi).
From the viewpoint of eminent philosophers, Ibn Sina’s demonstration is neither an apriori demonstration nor an argument (dalil); rather it is a quasi-apriori demonstration.
The article comes to an end with a brief discussion on some objections to Ibn Sina’s demonstration.
