Sensations and their Epistemic Value from the Perspective of Ibn Sina

Among the sources of knowledge, sensory perception plays an outstanding role, since it is the foundation of many conceptual and affirmative perceptions. Like many thinkers, Ibn Sina has raised many points about sensory perception. He does not regard the senses as certain, but he has mentioned various roles and functions for them, including the role of senses in imaginations and affirmations. Although his statements on the question of the originality of reason or sense in imaginations may seem vague at first, with a little attention to his works, it becomes clear that he, like most Muslim philosophers, believes in the originality of reason. The present study is a theoretical and developmental research, its information and materials are collected through documentary method and it is analyzed intellectually not statistically.