Published 2013-11-28
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Abstract
In comparing the views of Avicenna and Kant on the imagination, we find a striking congruence of both doctrines. Kant's doctrines of the syntheses of the imagination in his Transcendental Deduction (both A and B) share remarkable similarities with Avicenna's views. For both Avicenna and Kant, imagination links the phenomena to the noumenon. At least this comparison has the twofold use of placing Kant's doctrines in the context of the Aristotelian tradition, while also illuminating the modern significance of Avicenna’s thought. Since Kant's thought is more familiar to us than Avicenna's (although perhaps not as evident in itself), Kant can also help us understand the claims of Avicenna. Nonetheless, this comparison may help support the claim that an understanding of Kant lies to a large extent in his medieval and post-medieval roots —just as Copernicus, who in his own "Copernican revolution", was following certain earlier traditions.
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