The Duality of Knowledge and Communication in the Philosophy of Ibn Bajjah

Abstract

Islamic philosophers are preceded in their interpretation of knowledge by the two main poles: the Platonic pole, which colored the theory of knowledge with the concept of "intuition", and the Aristotelian pole, which attributes knowledge to sensation and reason. Muslim philosophers have presented numerous models that barely deviate from these two directions. However, this does not mean that they did not provide new analyses and explanations that contributed to this field. Branching off from the problem of knowledge is another equally important issue, namely the issue of communication. This issue has been of great interest to most Muslim philosophers such as Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazali, Ibn Bajjah, and Ibn Rushd. It can be said that their contributions to solving this problem are among the most significant additions made in this field. If we consider that Aristotle posed this problem without providing a definitive answer to it, as Ibn Rushd claims.