intellect is a fundamental topic of concern in the peripatetic philosophy. a comparison of al-farabi’s approach to ‘intellect’ (an iranian muslim philosopher with an oriental background) with that of alexander of aphrodisias’ (a greek philosopher with an occidental background) may reveal the contrasting features of aristotelian peripatetic philosophy and the islamic philosophy. basing itself on...

I show that Kant’s phrase Ding an sich denotes, not a type of thing, but a type of object: namely, an object which is per se a thing. My interpretation is based on the assumption that Kant follows the traditional use of the terms objectum and res. Kant’s distinction between phenomenon and noumenon is a distinction between types of object: a “distinction of all objects in general into phenomena ...

Literature provides several intellectual capital models. Nevertheless, the need for adapting theoretical models to the new social and economic trends justifies an effort in improving previous proposals. Taking into account the main contributions in the field, the Intellectus Knowledge Forum presents to the international scientific and professional community a new model to better understanding t...

Resumo: No capítulo 5 do Livro III De anima (430a10-19) Aristóteles distingue entre o νοῦς ποιητικός (nous poietikós), chamado pelos Latinos intellectus agens (intelecto agente), e παθητικός pathetikós), passivus, ou seja, possibilis possível), termos técnicos filosóficos mais comuns. O é de grande importância não só para a filosofia antiga os comentadores das obras Aristóteles, como comentário...

This article proposes a new way of approaching the roots secularism and its outcome that is secularization. The fact this phenomenon arises precisely in Christian world, which ultimately leads to complete emancipation what worldly toward religion, profanum sacrum, astonishing. process European has beginning 11th century, when so-called dispute about reason was initiated resulting, next epochs h...