Philosophical Meditations

The Other-Worldly Fate of Non-Muslims from Islamic Theologians' Point of View

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2010, Pages 7-22

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Whether the fate of non-Muslims is alike the fate of Muslims and they will go to Heaven or Hell according to their good or evil deeds or their fate will be going to Hell, whatever their ... Read More

Physical Resurrection from Ibn Arabi’s Point of View

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2010, Pages 23-36

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Ibn Arabi regards resurrection as both spiritual and physical. Based on his perspective, the true nature of resurrection is the accumulation of individual souls into the universal soul. ... Read More

Theosophical Training in the works of the Muslim Philosopher "Sheikh Eshragh"

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2010, Pages 37-56

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Gnostic motivations have been growing among the youth – which has paved the way for an increase of irrational tendencies and perspectives; In this regard, this article aims to ... Read More

Kant’s looked different to the "self" in the Anthropology and the First Critique

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2010, Pages 57-70

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Kant's entirely Copernican approach to philosophy originates from the concept of mind (self) and its specific faculties. In Critique of Pure Reason, Kant distinguishes three major faculties ... Read More Kant's entirely Copernican approach to philosophy originates from the concept of mind (self) and its specific faculties. In Critique of Pure Reason, Kant distinguishes three major faculties for the mind: Sensation, Understanding, and Apperception, while also emphasizing on the distinction between their transcendental and empirical applications. The transcendental application of these faculties is discussed in the First Critique. He gives the title “transcendental" to his method in analyzing the mind and faculties of Knowledge, trying to separate his work from other psychological approaches; (whether or not he is successful in this, will be addressed later). But the empirical application of these faculties, which will be examined in Anthropology, in part gets close to some of the discussions in the realm of psychology. This issue has made some commentators to claim that Kant had deviated from his Anti-psychological stance in Anthropology, having presented discussions that he was trying to reject in the First Critique. Thus in this article we focus on the third faculty, that is, “self-consciousness” or “Apperception;” we try to answer questions and shed light on vagueness as the follows: Can we regard Kant's approach as a psychological stance, given the fact that he emphasizes on the empirical characteristics of faculty in Anthropology (particularly self-consciousness, developmental stages and progression of this faculty in human beings)? What distinguishes Kant’s approach toward self-consciousness in the Anthropology from his approach in the First Critique and also from other Anthropological approaches? In general, our main goal in this paper is to address differences between Kant's approach to "self" in the First Critique and in the Anthropology, while also showing that despite Kant's effort to separate his discussions from other Psychological discussions – particularly in its discussions of self-consciousness – his approach to the issue, whether in Anthropology or in the First Critique, is in some cases close to psychological discussions.

Criteria for True and False in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2010, Pages 71-82

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On the importance of truth, Imam Jafar Sadiq's saying would suffice: "The teller of the truth is in place of dignity and integrity, and the liar is bound to come to his end". The definitions ... Read More

Paradoxes of Confirmation

Volume 2, Issue 5 , April 2010, Pages 83-108

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One of the most important epistemological problems is inductive reasoning, inference of a general judgment from instances, and preparing good evidence to confirm it. The problem is, ... Read More

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Volume & Issue: Volume 2, Issue 5, April 2010, Pages 1-108

The Other-Worldly Fate of Non-Muslims from Islamic Theologians' Point of View

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Physical Resurrection from Ibn Arabi’s Point of View

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Theosophical Training in the works of the Muslim Philosopher "Sheikh Eshragh"

Abstract

Kant’s looked different to the "self" in the Anthropology and the First Critique

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Criteria for True and False in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

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Paradoxes of Confirmation

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