Abstract

There are various philosophical doctrines on sense perception; including that of Mulla Sadra which is a marked one. Prior to expounding this doctrine, we should get acquainted with its foundations.Though not a sensationalist, Mulla Sadra accepts direct involvement of sense in human knowledge. He regards "attention" and "awareness" as two important constituents of perception and believes that they are immaterial and included among the faculties of the soul. According to Mulla Sadra the Knowledge is essentially the presence of the object for the mind. The senses project the form of the object on the nerves and material organs of body; immaterial soul, however, perceives it directly and then saves it in its own memory, called imagination. It will be saved there until the man attains acquired knowledge.The other important issue, interjected by Mulla Sadra is evolution of this perception into imaginary and, then intelligible, perceptions. It is in this point where he proves that there should be an existential union between "the perceiver and the perceived", or as he puts it, between "the intelligent and the intelligence" or "the sensor and the sensed". While discussing these issues the author has tried to prove the correspondence between the mind and the external world.