Abstract Plato is often regarded as a founding figure for Western philosophy, and specifically the inventor of way doing philosophy grounded in critical, argumentative reason. This article asks whether Plato's practice writing myths his dialogues comes into tension with canonical reputation. I suggest that resolving this may require us to revise our standing ideas about nature its relationship ...

Philosophy in the contemporary era has different characteristics from previous era. Some of its characteristics, namely departing humans who live this age are very careful following scientific development methods as well examining language, meaning, symbols and emotions, human life attitudes. Technology dominates so that many philosophers realists soul experience emptiness. It can be said disti...

Introduction Just-in-time (JIT), as an operational philosophy, has been of great interest to manufacturers and researchers alike over the past decade. Toyota Motor Company is credited with developing and operating the approach. During the early 1970s, the application of this philosophy strengthened their competitiveness in the automobile industry. Other Japanese companies adopted the policy and...

the two discourses with a focus on reza davari ardekani and abdolkarim soroush, were formed in iran’s society. soroush’s discourse, with religious interests influenced by islamic sources, poper’s philosophy of science, logic and epistemological accuracies of analytical philosophy and consciously liberalism, is looking for compatibility with modernity. the second discourse on reza davari ardakan...

many political concepts as well as technology exported to various regions of the world from europe after renaissance, industrial revolution and protestantism. meanwhile western technology andconcepts of political philosophy came to iran since nineteenth century. republicanism was one of these concepts. this concept and idea as one of the most factors in iranian contemporary political - social t...

there have been a lot of arguments about body in pre-modern literature in different disciplines such as christian religious and theological debates. such debates argue that body is considered as a negative element with the potentiality of committing sin and preventing the elevation of spirit. these arguments are followed by western philosophy of mind/ body paradox, which is itself followed by o...

Abstract Gyeong 敬 ( jing in Chinese) is one of the most significant notions Korean Neo-Confucian philosophy emotion. First, I will examine meaning gyeong and its relation to emotions within discussion on human nature, mind-heart, virtue, self-cultivation, note mainly how Toegye Yi Hwang (退溪 李滉1501–1570) understood Zhu Xi’s idea systemized it his philosophy. Second, be especially concerned with ...

Abstract Andrew Feenberg is a pioneer in the development of philosophy technology. Before his retirement, he was Canada Research Chair Philosophy Technology School Communication, Simon Fraser University, where also directed Applied Communication and Laboratory (ACTL). He author or editor thirteen books on Critical Theory, Western Marxism, technology, including Lukács, Marx, Sources Theory (1981...

Author details Fiona J Stanley, FAFPHM, MFCCH, FRACP, Director1 Eric M Meslin, PhD, Director, Center for Bioethics; Assistant Dean for Bioethics; and Professor of Medicine; Medical and Molecular Genetics; and Philosophy 1 Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA. 2 Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind, USA. Corre...

Abstract While the problem of nihilism is derived from a particular historical and intellectual context in Western philosophy, i.e., pantheism controversy modern German philosophy ideas Nietzsche, non-Western thinkers also engaged with it developed responses to it. In this article, I am interested analyzing Muhammad Iqbal’s (1877–1938), leading Muslim thinker (a Sufi) India, engagement his resp...