@article{875226,
      recid = {752570},
      author = {Tahiri, Hassan,},
      title = {Mathematics and the mind an introduction into Ibn Sīnā's  theory of knowledge / [electronic resource] :},
      number = {875226},
      pages = {1 online resource (ix, 76 pages).},
      abstract = {This book examines how epistemology was reinvented by Ibn  Sīnā, an influential philosopher-scientist of the classical  Islamic world who was known to the West by the Latinised  name Avicenna. It explains his theory of knowledge in which  intentionality acts as an interaction between the mind and  the world. This, in turn, led Ibn Sīnā to distinguish an  operation of intentionality specific to the generation of  numbers. The author argues that Ibn Sīnā's transformation  of philosophy is one of the major stages in the  de-hellinisation movement of the Greek heritage that was  set off by the advent of the Arabic-Islamic civilisation.  Readers first learn about Ibn Sīnā's unprecedented  investigation into the concept of the number and his  criticism of such Greek thought as Plato's realism,  Pythagoreans' empiricism, and Ari stotle's conception of  existence. Next, coverage sets out the basics of Ibn Sīnā's  theory of knowledge needed for the construction of numbers.  It describes how intentionality turns out to be key in  showing the ontological dependence of numbers as well as  even more critical to their construction. In describing the  various mental operations that make mathematical objects  intentional entities, Ibn Sīnā developed powerful arguments  and subtle analyses to show us the extent our mental life  depends on intentionality. This monograph thoroughly  explores the epistemic dimension of this concept, which,  the author believes, can also explain the actual genesis  and evolution of mathematics by the human mind.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/752570},
}