The Essential Objectivity and the Correspondence of the Knowledge to the Known Material World in Mulla Sadra's Philosophy

In Mulla Sadra''s epistemology، human perception consists of three elements: the perceiver (soul)، the internal perceived image (which is known directly) and the external object of perception (which is known through the previous element). However this view is justified only by the essential objectivity in order to maintain correspondence. We have no way to justify this objectivity and the correspondence between the second and the third element but the oneness of the quiddity of these two and the active creativity of the soul in creating an image correspondent to the external object of our knowledge none of which is justified and both of which confront several questions. In this paper we will discuss whether Mulla Sadra''s epistemology can answer these questions.