Los universales y la crítica del extremeño Ibn al-Batalyawsi a la obra de al-Farabi

Abstract

Ibn al Sid al-Batalyawsi was born in Badajoz (1052) during the Iberian muslin Taifa period, and died in the city of Valencia (1127). This Aftasi philosopher made an important effort to integrate the Falsafa, originally from Ancient Greece, in the Islamic Hikma, with the intention of building the great falsafa-hikma block. In that sense, his philosophy coincided with Al-Farabi�s, who wrote The Book of the Isagoge, a reference work on universals in the Arabic civilization. Nevertheless, Ibn al Sid dissents from this author in some points and discusses �an alleged error of Al-Farabi in the enumeration of the three first predicates of the Organon of Aristotle�. His short but concise comment constitutes a rich contribution to a fundamental subject in order to understand the emergence of the scientific method. This brief but concise comment is wonderfully argued, and it can be considered as one of the oldest questions on logic ever preserved. The depth of this subject and the philosophical discussion represent a fundamental pillar for the development of the scientific method and science in Al-Andalus.