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Abstract

Kitabu't-Tarifat
(The Book of Definitions) is an alphabetical dictionary of basic concepts in
many fields. One of the most studied and taught discipline was logic when this
dictionary was written. Moreover, in that period, logic was seen as an instrument
that could be used in other areas for thinking right. In this respect, this
work contains many basic concepts used in the field of logic.

In the tradition
of Islamic logic, the topics about logic are approached with two main headings,
which are tasavvurat and tasdikat. Tasavvurat corresponds to the sense of logic of concepts in the
tradition of Western logic, as well as tasdikat
equals to the sense of propositional
logic and theory of syllogism. In the tradition of Islamic logic, it is dealt with
concept types, five universals, categories and definitions under the title of tasavvurat.

The aim of this
study is to answer the following questions related to tasavvurat in the book
"Kitabu't-Tarifat" written by Sayyid Sharif Gurgani as a dictionary:
did Gurgani indicate whether these issues are related to logic? In other words,
does the reader who does not know the logic understand that they belong to the
logic when he/she reads these subjects? On the other hand, are they the
definitions made in these matters just the explanations of those who are
interested in logic? From which
logicians and which logic books had been Gurgani affected when he prepared
these items? Does these
definitions belong to Gurgani or to someone else?