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  1. Avicenna on empty intentionality: a case study in analytical Avicennianism.Mohammad Saleh Zarepour - 2022 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 32 (4):798-817.
    Appealing to some analytic tools developed by contemporary analytic philosophers, I discuss Avicenna’s views regarding the problem(s) of linguistic and mental reference to non-existents, also known as the problem(s) of ‘empty intentionality’. I argue that, according to Avicenna, being in an intentional state directed towards an existing thing involves three elements: (1) an indirect relation to that thing, (2) a direct relation to a mental representation of that thing, and (3) a direct relation to the essence of that thing. Empty (...)
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