concepts and statuses that stand by a considerer's positing rather than by an external counterpart
General Technical Meaning
Iʿtibārī matters are concepts or statuses whose standing depends on a considerer’s positing or abstraction rather than on an independently instantiated external counterpart. They may nevertheless have an external basis from which they are abstracted.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
Uṣūl-i Falsafah wa Rawish-i Riʾālism
posited matters — definition and use
Iʿtibāriyyāt are explicitly divided into a broad contrast-class and a narrower practical class tied to active powers.
Limits of this account
It does not authorize treating commentary on these categories as Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s text.
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