The Study of Different Explanations of Unveiling of Acquired Knowledge (al-'Ilm al-Husuli) in Islamic Philosophy

The study of different explanations of unveiling of acquired knowledge (al-'Ilm al-Husuli) is the problem of this article. Islamic philosophers divided knowledge into acquired knowledge and knowledge by presence. Unveiling of acquired knowledge for Islamic philosophers was certain. They explain it through four ways: the objectivity of quiddity, the concept of quiddity, the absolute concept, the existence of knowledge. In this article, we detail every explanation in order to evaluate of strengths and weaknesses. Although the explanation of Islamic philosophers has some strength, the weaknesses should be removed.