Imagination and Artistic Creation in Avicenna's Philosophy: An Interdisciplinary Study on the Interaction of Soul and Body in Light of Cognitive Science and Islamic Aesthetics

In Avicenna's philosophy, the imaginative faculty (quwwat al-khayāl) serves as an essential intermediary between sensory perception and rational thought, playing a critical role in both cognition and artistic creation. Far beyond passive image retention, imagination is described as a dynamic and generative force that enables novel synthesis and creative expression. In The Book of Healing, Avicenna presents the soul as both immaterial and embodied, raising key questions about the corporeal foundations of imaginative activity. This paper explores the role of imagination in artistic creativity by connecting Avicenna's faculty psychology with modern findings in cognitive science and neuroscience. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, it examines how imagination operates at the interface of soul and body, offering a philosophical-cognitive framework for understanding Islamic art as both sensory and metaphysical experience.

کلیدواژه ها:

Avicenna ، Imagination ، Soul ، Artistic Creativity ، Islamic Philosophy ، Cognitive Science ، Neuroscience ، Islamic Art