LessonsKnowledge, Conception, Assent and Their DivisionsQuiz

وينقسم على قسمين، أحدهما: يقال له التصور، وثانيهما: يعبر عنه بالتصديق
Knowledge is divided into two kinds: conception and assent.

Conception (tasawwur) is apprehending a meaning without affirming a separate judgment about it.

Assent (tasdiq) concerns judging whether a predicative relation holds or does not hold.

Examples:
“Human” — a concept.
“A human is a living being” — a proposition; accepting its claim concerns assent.

Word count is not decisive. The distinction is the presence of a judgment. The commentary specifies that this treatment concerns acquired, originated knowledge, not knowledge by presence or eternal knowledge.

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The division into conception and assent

Knowledge, Conception, Assent and Their Divisions

وينقسم على قسمين، أحدهما: يقال له التصور، وثانيهما: يعبر عنه بالتصديق
Knowledge is divided into two kinds: conception and assent.

Conception (tasawwur) is apprehending a meaning without affirming a separate judgment about it.

Assent (tasdiq) concerns judging whether a predicative relation holds or does not hold.

Examples:
“Human” — a concept.
“A human is a living being” — a proposition; accepting its claim concerns assent.

Word count is not decisive. The distinction is the presence of a judgment. The commentary specifies that this treatment concerns acquired, originated knowledge, not knowledge by presence or eternal knowledge.