Avicenna:estimation meanings and the problem of intentionality

In the midst of inner senses, Avicenna distinguishes estimation as the ruler and believes it understands the meanings. In this study, the functions and judgments of estimation are examined and shown that the estimative  meanings in one hand, are essentially relative and interrelated, and on the other hand, these meanings are intentional. The main question of this study is the intentional direction of estimative meanings and by using the descriptive- analytic method attempts to investigate the intentional value of these meanings in accordance with the criteria and characteristics that the researchers have identified for the intentionality theory. By analyzing the meanings, it becomes clear that most of the features of the intentionality theory are provided through these meanings, and they play a role as a bridge between the mind and the ego. For Avicenna, knowledge is having an idea of something in the realm of the mind, and the intentional target areas are objects in the world. That is, between the mind and its belonging, there is a form of continuity, and the reception of meanings is carried out intentionally