ABSTRACT
Abu'l-Barakat explains the notion of existence itself and its relationship to the existent. After having repudiated the Aristotelian being and transforming it to existence, the culminating notion of existential existence, wujudiyya, is based on and derived from the First Existence. Abu'l-Barakat begins the appendix with a description of his theory of reference. The theory of reference moves from the mind to the external world, from semantics to epistemology, through the notion of intended meanings. Abu'l-Barakat summarizes his discussion from the theoretical summary of the unified function of language and epistemology that he has conceived preparing for his conclusion. According to Abu'l-Barakat, the new cognition achieves cognition of existence that extends beyond the apprehension of the senses. This new mode is based upon cognition of the external world extending beyond the basis of a direct perceptive feeling to achieve its result. Abu'l-Barakat summarizes the conception of the First Existent-Existence and writes concerning the motion of the ship.
