Statistical analysis of the conceptual metaphors of the causation in theology section of Ibn Sina’ Healing

The causation has a special and important role in the philosophy, especially traditional philosophy. Main question in this study is whether the description of causal relations in Islamic philosophy can be justified and explained in the framework of the theory of conceptual metaphor. The study is focused on theology section of Healing written by Ibn Sina. The book of Healing is one of the most important works of Ibn Sina. The theology section of this book should be considered as the most important philosophical work of Ibn Sina. To answer the question, conceptual metaphors of causation in this book are identified. Ibn Sina uses many different words to describe the causal relations. By extracting and categorization of those words, several conceptual metaphors about causation are found.  In this study, the role and importance of every one of these conceptual metaphors is determined by statistical method. The statistical data is extracted by counting words related to source domain of conceptual metaphors.  Conceptual metaphors related to causation in the book can be divided into two major sections: metaphors based on the primary metaphor of “Cause Is Physical Force" and metaphors based on natural causation. By extracting the abundance of each of the above metaphors, it becomes clear that the metaphors based on natural causation have a greater frequency in Ibn Sinachr('39')s theology of Healing.