Professor of Applied Philosophy, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU Cheshire, Crewe, UK Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA PhD student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Associate Professor, Department of General Practice, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Director, De...

Ever since the early days of Artificial Intelligence, the complexity of its relationship with philosophy has been under observation. Many devoted their efforts to a systematic foundation of philosophy of AI, given for granted its placement within the context of philosophy of science. Such endeavors were based on a view of AI as a scientific discipline, primarily devoted to answering questions a...

Ibn Sina is generally known as one of the most important philosophers and physicians, one whose contributions to science and philosophy have attracted numerous studies. This article provides an outline of his philosophy of science which determined the framework for his understanding of natural philosophy. Rather than being of historical interest, the article argues, Ibn Sina's philosophy of sci...

the philosophy of kalam science is an external view about kalam that focuses on conceptual and confirmative principles like: definition, subject, the origins of emanation, approaches, historical stages, and other general criteria. from martyr motahharii’s point of view the function of kalam, as a completely islamic knowledge is the clarification of islamic proofs and defense of religious misgiv...

this paper intends to find an answer to the problematic description of the “thing in itself”, “phenomena” and the relation between the two in kant and allameh tabatabaei’s philosophy and to consider how allameh can solve the existing challenges in kant’s philosophy. this research shows that since kant accepts some necessary relation between “intelligible essences” and phenomena, he considers th...

BEFORE discussing the role and significance of comparative philosophy for the study of Islamic philosophy, it is necessary to define exactly what we mean by comparative philosophy, for only too often today facile comparisons are made between Oriental metaphysical doctrines of a sacred nature and secular modern philosophies without the least consideration for the basic difference in the nature o...

Philosophy of ecology has been slow to become established as an area of philosophical interest, but it is now receiving considerable attention. This area holds great promise for the advancement of both ecology and the philosophy of science. Insights from the philosophy of science can advance ecology in a number of ways. For example, philosophy can assist with the development of improved models ...

Two crucial topics in the philosophy of medicine are the philosophy of nature and philosophical anthropology. In this essay I engage the philosophy of nature by exploring Anne Fagot-Largeault's study of norms in nature as a way of articulating a Confucian philosophy of medicine. I defend the Confucian position as a moderate naturalism.

Reader in Applied Philosophy, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, MMU Cheshire, Crewe, UK Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Assista...