one of the prominent figures in epistemology from a moral-educative perspective is mulla sadra. this essay tries to analyze his ideas in a library-based method in order to find his educative methods. the key question is what educative methods are explicitly or implicitly mentioned in his epistemological ideas. he based his educative ideas upon his philosophical foundations specially the substan...

Galen's three souls incorporate previously existing ideas of soul. Soul is matter - cum - energy. As matter it is airlike, the finest by nature and as movement, like sound, the form of energy most subtle of its kind. Creator is depicted with Creation as the Cosmic egg and snake as Cosmic soul and the syllable Om, as the word incorporating creative energy. Om as humming sound is symbolized by Be...

The development of fMRI techniques has generated a boom of neuroscience research across the psychological sciences, and revealed neural correlates for many psychological phenomena seen as central to the human experience (e.g., morality, agency). Meanwhile, the rise of neuroscience has reignited old debates over mind-body dualism and the soul. While some scientists use neuroscience to bolster a ...

Modern conversations between the natural sciences and theology on the human soul have not so far engaged extensively with the debates of the early church on the matter. This article considers the relevance of the Apollinarian controversy (the fourth century Christological contention of whether or not Jesus has a human soul/mind), and suggests that this introduces important considerations for th...

issues on differences between men and women have always been a source for dispute and different approaches in the available literature on women. some have seen these differences resulting from the dissimilar socialization of men and women in family and society. while some put more emphasis on the physiological differences and rely on theological interpretations, some others consider them as ess...

the author has studied theologians` corporeal concept of human soul. most theologians, except those of philosophical way of study, have viewed human soul as a corporeal thing. their corporeal concept includes those knowing it as incident, soft body, atom and specific apparent body. in the paper, the principles and consequences of theologians` corporeal concept of human soul have been critically...