the background of the essential primary predication (al-ḥaml al-awwalī al-dhātī): avicenna's analysis of the meaning of predication

Predication is one of the significant issues in islamic philosophical logic. essential primary predication (al-ḥaml al-awwalī al-dhātī) is a new type of predication found mainly in late islamic philosophers. the historical background of this predication is one of the controversial topics among post-ṣadrīan thinkers, but it seems that it must be sought in avicenna's discussions on the meaning of predication. to show this, i will focus on two fragments in which avicenna talks about the meaning of predication; one in al-ishārāt wa al-tanbīhāt (pointers and reminders) and the other in manṭiq al-mashriqīyyīn (the logic of the easterners). in ishārāt, we read that in a proposition like a is b, what we mean is that what is a is b, not that the ḥaqīqa of a is the ḥaqīqa of b.

the background of the essential primary predication (al-ḥaml al-awwalī al-dhātī): avicenna's analysis of the meaning of predication

predication is one of the significant issues in islamic philosophical logic. essential primary predication (al-ḥaml al-awwalī al-dhātī) is a new type of predication found mainly in late islamic philosophers. the historical background of this predication is one of the controversial topics among post-ṣadrīan thinkers, but it seems that it must be sought in avicenna's discussions on the meaning of predication. to show this, i will focus on two fragments in which avicenna talks about the meaning of predication; one in al-ishārāt wa al-tanbīhāt (pointers and reminders) and the other in manṭiq al-mashriqīyyīn (the logic of the easterners). in ishārāt, we read that in a proposition like a is b, what we mean is that what is a is b, not that the ḥaqīqa of a is the ḥaqīqa of b.