Memory and Forgetting in Avicenna's Thought: A Philosophical-Medical Perspective on Alzheimer's Disease.

How historical medical and psychological concepts can be compared with contemporary formulations in the life sciences is a central question in the history and philosophy of the life sciences. This article examines this question through the concepts of memory and forgetting (nisyān) in Avicenna's Islamic thought and their relation to contemporary understandings of Alzheimer's disease. Using a historical-analytical method and a comparative approach, the study first reconstructs the structure of memory and the conceptual distinctions between nisyān and other forms of cognitive disorde