martin heidegger, the originator of fundamental ontology, considers the analysis of human as facilitative measures to investigate the meanings of existence. he calls it the fundamental ontology. in heidegger’s view, the precise investigation of existence primarily depends on elucidating what resolves the existential questions namely “dasein”. heidegger is an existential philosopher who believes...

Metaphysics is supposed to answer the question “What is the nature of things?”, or something like that. Before trying to answer this question we should ask a counterquestion: “What is meant by the nature in this context?” Indeed, we want to understand clearly the meaning of the question before getting involved in answering. In this paper we interpret the metaphysical quest from the vantage poin...

Ontic structural realism is the view that structures are what is real in the first place in the domain of fundamental physics. The structures are usually conceived as including a primitive modality. However, it has not been spelled out as yet what exactly that modality amounts to. This paper proposes to fill this lacuna by arguing that the fundamental physical structures possess a causal essenc...

Abstract This article re-examines the established findings about Umayyad art as a transitional production essentially anchored in Western and Eastern Late Antique traditions that have inspired it. It argues instead Umayyads brought an aesthetic revolution laying out foundations of what has become known “Islamic ornament,” predominantly aniconic form. An epistemological shift from history to cri...