نظرات ملاصدرا درباره ادراك خيالي و عالم خيال

Mulla Sadraʹs Views of Imaginal Perception and the World of Imagination

The problem of perception especially imaginal perception, is one of the most important and, at the same time, most complicated issues in Islamic philosophical psychology.The present paper is devoted to a discussion of the nature of imaginal perception, its various applications, and the world of "Ideas" in Mulla Sadraʹs view. It also includes the discussion of issues such as the quality of the occurrence of imaginal perception, the organ of imaginal perception, whether this organ is a part of the material and natural brain, or it is a mental and immaterial faculty, and its role after the death of the body. The writer has also elaborated on the imaginal macro-world and its relation to the human imaginal micro-world from Mulla Sadraʹs point of view. The studies and arguments of this great philosopher concerning the above-mentioned issues are compared with those of his preceding Peripatetic and Illuminationist philosophers. Finally, the related conclusions are presented to the readers.