the kind of attitude to mulla sadra’s works is important in deducing his views accurately. here, there are two types of attitudes. first, the real sadra’s views are what we understand literally from his assertions. the second is that the deduction of his final ideas needs some philosophical independent judgment (ijtihad) in addition to what is understood literally from his assertions and other ...

In this essay I critically examine Daniel Wegner’s account of conscious will as an illusion developed in his book The Illusion of Conscious Will (MIT Press, 2002). I show that there are unwarranted leaps in his argument, which considerably decrease the empirical plausibility and theoretical adequacy of his account. Moreover, some features essential to our experience of willing, which are relate...

the present paper, through the linguistic analysis of mulla sadra's philosophical views, has shown that a single linguistic model can be applied to the analysis of all his philosophical views. to this end, based on two linguistic theories regarding the semantic structure of derivation, it is illustrated that mulla sadra’s philosophical views conform to the linguistic model of semantic simp...

It might seem that philosophy of science has fallen on hard times. When not being pilloried by famous scientists, philosophy of science receives scant attention from the educated public. is is not to say that work in philosophy of science is not žourishing; but surely what is žourishing most — in terms of number of jobs, number of publications, etc. — is the philosophy of the specic sciences, ...

The antiquity of achievements of Hindus in the field of Mental health is explained. The chief points discussed in this article are: (1) The exact sense in which the school of ancient Indian Medicine (Ayurveda) is to be understood. (2) The interpretation of some of the fundamental philosophical issues governing the laws of mental sciences and (3) The relevance of such laws to modern scientific w...

Asbābun nuzūl is an important element in the interpretation treasures of Qur'an, especially contemporary interpretations that emphasize relevance times with a comprehensive study socio-historical context (al-siyāq al-tārīkhi al-ijtimā’i) which covers revelation process Qur'an. In this regard, various contributions have been made by Islamic thinkers. This paper examines one thinkers, M. Abed al-...

In sum, Experiment and interpretation is disappointing, both as a philosophical and a historical inquiry into the practice of science. It also stands as a poor memoir for a pathologist's lifelong investment in trying to understand experimentally the genesis of cancer-Salaman died just before the publication of this book. It certainly does not allow us, the readers, to understand the epigraph: f...

to the locus of the Vice Voce was justifiable. In this book lies diversion from the most wearisome of vivas. Grab the chance: the next question is almost certainly, Tell me, why are Thromboxane, Testicular Teratomas or Tapeworms of importance today?' For sensible souls not contemplating examination encounters this book offers wider philosophical enquiry. Hamilton Bailey's own life style is clea...