Even in the most naïve sense, without qualification, the term sign imposes great difficulties. The word designates any thing, whether gesture, mark, token, symbol or even natural event, that expresses, indicates or refers to a meaning or to something else. Yet even that most general and innocent statement offers at best a futile answer, as if to a question that already presupposes it: “what doe...

different concepts and approaches toward god in western theology and philosophy, from greek period to modern age, has regarded from negative theology view point. but this concepts and approaches at the same time can be regarded from new perspective in modern age. in other word, it can be shown that in the modern age we can see a negative theology, i.e. refutation of resemblance between god and ...

Deconstruction began as a series of techniques invented by Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and others to analyze literary and philosophical texts. These techniques, in turn, were connected to larger philosophical claims about the nature of language and meaning. One such assertion is that the repetition of a text in a new context often subtly changes its meaning. There could be no better example o...

ABSTRACT This paper proposes a reflection on the concept of presence theorized by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht premised Heidegger’s thought, contrasting it with philosophy Jacques Derrida, especially in his deconstruction metaphysics presence. Accordingly, is neither matter tracing Heideggerian throughout oeuvre nor defending Derrida from accusations linguistic existentialism, but rather demonstrating...

BACKGROUND There is little homogeneity of opinion in the chiropractic profession about its essence and identity. Matters compromising the establishment of a coherent identity include the issue of vertebral subluxation, philosophy, mercantilism, poverty of qualifications in some chiropractic college faculty, and lack of intellectual productivity in some chiropractic college faculty. DISCUSSION...

religious experience is a novel issue in the field of theology and the philosophy of religion; it denotes god’s manifestationin the experiencer, which comes about in certain feelings and states. these states of the experiencer may sometimes be considered as a confirmation of his innate disposition, or the religious experience and proof of human nature maybe hastily deemed the same. however, the...