One of John McDowell’s central concerns is to understand the relation between mind and world, to understand intentionality. McDowell believes that ‘that there is no better way for us to approach an understanding of intentionality than by working toward understanding Kant’ (McDowell 1998: 432). McDowell also believes that this conviction is shared by Wilfrid Sellars and that ‘coming to terms wit...

morality as somehow involving rationality and impartiality received classic expression in philosophy of kant who frankly speaks of “rational and impartial spectator” in contemplating the universal law. the overall aim of this paper is to show (1) that the idea of morality implies rationality and this will be reached at in refuting the moral scepticism; but (2) it does not necessarily indicates ...

Scientific research yields inconsistent and contradictory evidence relating religion to moral judgments and outcomes, yet most people on earth nonetheless view belief in God (or gods) as central to morality, and many view atheists with suspicion and scorn. To evaluate intuitions regarding a causal link between religion and morality, this paper tested intuitive moral judgments of atheists and ot...

modern age due to its epistemological virtue has a special important, since it defined a new relation between human and truth, in which some modern philosophers, like descartes, kant and nietzsche have more roles. in this thought, human could take place as the center and criterion of understanding and interpretation of truth. in fact, human’s subjectivism has been of more important role in unde...

In the framework of his transcendental philosophy Kant strictly separates morality from aesthetics. The pleasure in the good and the pleasure in the beautiful are two different kinds of pleasure (zwei Arten des Wohlgefallens). As a consequence, a moral act as such cannot be beautiful. Only in a second step does Kant indicate possible connections between morality and aesthetics in his comments o...

the subject of womanhood is an attempt to explain why the woman is a symbol of self. i will start the paper with the story of “a’arabi and the caliph” from the view point of symbol and then i will continue with the definition of self, symbol, why the woman is a symbol of self as it is believed by mystics. the allegorical result based on najm razi’s theory shows the accompaniment of self with wi...

Proverbs as a part of colloquial literature are always nourished by religion, culture, traditions, and philosophical beliefs of a community, and thus they mirror the common beliefs of a people. The frequent repletion of a proverb pregnant with a specific thought makes that type of thought a behavioral pattern and affects the actions and behaviors of the people of a society. In the Iranian socie...