ABSTRACT

Mirdamad, a prominent philosopher of the Late Medieval Period active in the Islamic world, regards existence as nothing in reality. In this paper, I employ methods devised by contemporary analytic philosophers to reinterpret his theory of existence. Based on my interpretation, this theory of existence has many aspects. Metaphysically, existence is nothing in reality. In effect, it is not a property of individuals. Logically, ‘existence’ is a first-order predicate. In order to make these two claims consistent, he develops a sparse theory of properties, proposes an analysis of the meaning of ‘existence’, appeals to a meta-metaphysical view about the language of metaphysics, develops a truthmaker theory of truth, and commits to a specific theory of grounding. Arguably, this theory of existence seems to be tenable from a contemporary analytic perspective.

摘要

活跃于伊斯兰世界的中世纪晚期著名哲学家米尔达马德将存在视为现实中的虚无。在这篇论文中，我采用当代分析哲学家设计的方法来重新解释他的存在论。根据我的解释，这种存在论有很多方面。从形而上学上讲，存在在现实中不算什么。实际上，它不是个人的财产。从逻辑上讲，“存在”是一阶谓词。为了使这两个主张一致，他发展了稀疏属性理论，提出了对“存在”含义的分析，诉诸形而上学语言的形而上学观点，发展了真理的真理制造者理论，并承诺到特定的接地理论。可以说，