ABSTRACT
In the metaphysical discussion, Abu'l-Barakat conceives the broader nature of the topic considered in order to include the perspective of the existence of the existent and the manner of its interaction with the ipseity. There is thus a general relationship between Abu'l-Barakat's scientific philosophy and his metaphysical philosophy represented by these two studies. The physical study of space and time is reconceived as the metaphysical study of time, causality, and creation, and further as a theory of actions. The sciences of physics and psychology are ascertained by means of a first cognition of the existent, whereas metaphysics is by means of a second cognition of the existence of the existent and a third cognition. However, when conceptualizing from the viewpoint of the principles of the sciences including metaphysics, there appears a continuous and hierarchically connected realm of principles, extending from the study of the sciences up to metaphysics.
