Document Type : Original Article
Author
سایر
Abstract
Sensory perception is knowledge about the world outside the mind obtained through the human senses. One of the approaches to sensory perception is phenomenalism, which does not believe in the existence of objects independent of the mind but considers it a phenomenon of the mind and denies the reality of physical objects. Although the subject of sensory perception is one of the main topics of philosophy and epistemology, looking at mystical works, it can be seen that the discussion of perception and the relationship between the object and the mind is one of the topics of mystical works, and many mystics, including Attar Neyshaburi, have addressed this issue in detail. Attar Neyshaburi has expressed the stages of cognition and perception in his poetic works; he considers the world to be nothing and non-existence and constantly emphasizes the issue of negating the world and its non-existence. The purpose of this research is to show that considering the world as nothing in Attar's thought is not a religious or ethical issue that negates this world in comparison to the hereafter; rather, the insignificance of the world is an epistemological and philosophical issue that considers the world to be a form and phenomenon of the mind. In fact, Attar’s approach to sensory perception is phenomenalist, which considers the object to be dependent on the mind. In this article, using a descriptive-analytical method, the sensory perception of Attar Neyshaburi is examined.
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