Information Systems Research is still said to have no substantial philosophical foundation. As human inquiry relies on social contextualization, shared language and common practice, several consequences for conceptual models and conceptual knowledge are resulting. With the approach of “sociopragmatic constructivism”, we seek to develop a philosophical foundation for the understanding of concept...

Because of the immensity of Augustine’s corpus and the complex intellectual patrimony that informs it, attempts to place him within the history of philosophical traditions are often partial and in need of supplementation. In treating below of Augustine’s engagement with Aristotelianism, Middle Platonism, Neoplatonism, and Stoicism, I shall be drawing attention to particular topics, lexical poin...

Silvia Jonas has written an important and lucid book about a ‘notoriously elusive’ topic ‘that has baffled philosophical minds for over two thousand years’ (p. 1). Yet the rise of new philosophical standards, focussed on analytical rigour, logical stringency, and scientific mindedness, has allowed the topic of ineffability, which, by definition, deals with what is beyond linguistic grasp, to be...

In his published work and even more in conversations, Tarski emphasized what he thought were important philosophical aspects of his work. The English translation of his more philosophical papers [56m] was dedicated to his teacher Tadeusz Kotarbinski, and in informal discussions of philosophy he often referred to the influence of Kotarbinski. Also, the influence of Leiniewski, his dissertation ...

in this article, the author studies the history of pluralism in the west and islamic world. then he has a look on the scopes and applications of pluralism and gives a new classification for it: 1- behavioral pluralism 2- cognitive pluralism he extends his philosophical thoughts and offers a novel point of view on this topic.

One contribution of 18 to a theme issue 'Celebrating 350 years of Philosophical Transactions: life sciences papers'. Editor-in-Chief This special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B has been commissioned to mark the Royal Society's celebration of the 350th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Philosophical Transactions, the world's oldest scientific journa...