LessonsAccidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination ArgumentQuiz

والأظهر أن ما عدا الأكوان لا يعرض إلا للأجسام
The preferable view here is that, apart from the akwān, other accidents occur only in bodies.

Under this position, kawn may be ascribed to a substance, while color, taste, and similar sensed qualities are attributed to composite bodies. Other kalām positions differ about which substrates can bear which accidents.

Two questions must remain separate: “Which sort of bearer can receive a color?” and “Can color subsist independently?” The latter concerns the definition of accident; the former concerns the range of possible substrata.

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Which subjects can bear which accidents?

Accidents: Definition, Categories and the Beginning of the Origination Argument

والأظهر أن ما عدا الأكوان لا يعرض إلا للأجسام
The preferable view here is that, apart from the akwān, other accidents occur only in bodies.

Under this position, kawn may be ascribed to a substance, while color, taste, and similar sensed qualities are attributed to composite bodies. Other kalām positions differ about which substrates can bear which accidents.

Two questions must remain separate: “Which sort of bearer can receive a color?” and “Can color subsist independently?” The latter concerns the definition of accident; the former concerns the range of possible substrata.