Journal of Philosophical Investigations
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The communitarian critique of liberalism, and its evaluation from Richard Rorty's point of view
The communitarian critique of liberalism, and its evaluation from Richard Rorty's point of view

Morteza Nouri

Volume 10, Issue 19 , March 2016, , Pages 409-444

Abstract
  Communitarianism is one of the main critics of moral-political theory of liberalism. According to communitarians, liberalism presupposes an image of human identity which does not do ...  Read More
An Analysis of the Ontological Foundations of the Opposition of Place and Space in Modern Architecture
An Analysis of the Ontological Foundations of the Opposition of Place and Space in Modern Architecture

Flora Biabani; Mohammad Javad Safian; Shirin Toghyani; Mina Sadat Tabatabaei

Volume 15, Issue 37 , December 2021, , Pages 418-449

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.44592.2763

Abstract
  Place is the most fundamental concept in architecture and is a necessity of architectural design, and since we face changes in our understanding of place notion in the modern era which ...  Read More
Compatibility of Autonomy with Religious Authority
Compatibility of Autonomy with Religious Authority

Majid Dehqan; Mohammad Saeedimehr

Volume 14, Issue 31 , July 2020, , Pages 437-458

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2019.29566.2121

Abstract
  Autonomy is a rational virtue that assumes that an individual is independent of the other, with the ability to choose and decide in areas such as ethics, politics, and knowledge. The ...  Read More
Applying Critical Rationalism to Liberal Capitalism
Applying Critical Rationalism to Liberal Capitalism

Raphael Sassower

Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, , Pages 225-241

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.16585

Abstract
  Since Critical Rationalism is considered by some more of an attitude or mindset and by others a methodological approach to philosophical thinking and practical problem-solving, its ...  Read More
The Seven Earths and Seven Heavens in the Light of Jung, Maslow and Hindu Psychology
The Seven Earths and Seven Heavens in the Light of Jung, Maslow and Hindu Psychology

Bharat Jhunjhunwala

Volume 15, Issue 36 , November 2021, , Pages 259-269

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.45484.2793

Abstract
  The Holy Quran tells of Allah creating seven heavens and seven earths. These have been traditionally identified cosmologically with seven stars etc. or geographically with seven lands. ...  Read More
The Deficiency (Death) or Efficiency (Birth) of Language: Samuel Beckett and Jürgen Habermas
The Deficiency (Death) or Efficiency (Birth) of Language: Samuel Beckett and Jürgen Habermas

Hossein Sabouri; Amin Khanbazian

Volume 14, Issue 32 , December 2020, , Pages 264-273

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.42949.2717

Abstract
  The proximity of philosophy and literature has been endured since the dawn of time, both holding their stand among the critical thinkers from the ancient age to the modern time. A wide ...  Read More
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Moral Responsibility (In Defense of Muslim Philosophers’ Approach)
Divine Foreknowledge and Human Moral Responsibility (In Defense of Muslim Philosophers’ Approach)

Tavakkol Kuhi Giglou; Seyed Ebrahim Aaghazadeh

Volume 13, Issue 28 , November 2019, , Pages 275-290

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2019.32402.2271

Abstract
  According to most Muslim philosophers, the Divine foreknowledge, on the one hand, is so inclusive that encompasses each and every minor and timed action of moral agents, and because ...  Read More
The Recognition of another Field of Existence in the Iranian Introverted Architecture Focusing on the Phenomenon of Mirror in the Suhrawardi's Philosophy.
The Recognition of another Field of Existence in the Iranian Introverted Architecture Focusing on the Phenomenon of Mirror in the Suhrawardi's Philosophy.

Maryam Akbari; Reza Behbahani; Homa Irani Behbahani

Volume 16, Issue 40 , November 2022, , Pages 306-324

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.50550.3136

Abstract
  Paying too much attention to the eternal power of reasoning and ignoring the latent mental spaces has created crises of the gap between the contemporary human and the artificial environment. ...  Read More
Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition
Belonging to and Distanciating from: reflections on Gadamer's hermeneutics, critical pedagogy, and the concept of tradition

Ali Vahdati Daneshmand

Volume 16, Issue 39 , September 2022, , Pages 317-330

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.52671.3324

Abstract
  Discussions about the Gadamer-Habermas debate continue in philosophy. But in philosophy of education, Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics is usually accused of conservatism by the ...  Read More
Authenticity as Eudaimonia: Self-determination, Self-transformation and Anxiety in Heidegger's Being and Time
Authenticity as Eudaimonia: Self-determination, Self-transformation and Anxiety in Heidegger's Being and Time

Hossein Kalbasi Ashtari; Mehrdad Ahmadi

Volume 18, Issue 46 , April 2024, , Pages 328-344

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.59092.3629

Abstract
  For Heidegger Dasein as thrown projecting temporalize it's own being. Selfhood Dasein existing against is neutral to any apriori determination and as such it is ungraspable for any ...  Read More
Religions Diversity and the Problem of the Religious Other
Religions Diversity and the Problem of the Religious Other

Qodratollah Qorbani

Volume 14, Issue 33 , February 2021, , Pages 337-353

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.40875.2624

Abstract
  Religions diversity is an unavoidable and objective fact. We also live within such a fact. The requirement of such a living is to acquire a common understanding of the self and the ...  Read More
The influence of Islamic mysticism on Iranian education
The influence of Islamic mysticism on Iranian education

Mahmoud Navali

Volume 12, Issue 24 , October 2018, , Pages 357-369

Abstract
  Mysticism can have many effects on our Iranian cultural and spiritual life. This influence can play a significant role in the future of youth education. In this article, we say that ...  Read More
The Genesis of Fine Arts: A reassessment of Kristeller's
The Genesis of Fine Arts: A reassessment of Kristeller's "Modern system of Fine arts"

Mahdi Kord Noghani; Ali Salmani

Volume 13, Issue 29 , January 2020, , Pages 361-388

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.8219

Abstract
  In 1951 and 1952, Paul Oskar Kristeller demonstrated that what we know as Fine Arts did not exist until the eighteenth century. Shortly afterward, this notion was widely accepted and ...  Read More
A Critical Study of Thomas Nagel's View on Absurdity
A Critical Study of Thomas Nagel's View on Absurdity

Vahid Sohrabifar

Volume 17, Issue 44 , November 2023, , Pages 372-389

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.51591.3209

Abstract
  One of the crucial debates on the meaning of life is the question of absurdity. Is life of human beings has a unifying, valuable, and purposeful ground? one of the thinkers who present ...  Read More
The Role of the Principle of Identity in Logical-Mental Nature of Aristotle's Categories of Being
The Role of the Principle of Identity in Logical-Mental Nature of Aristotle's Categories of Being

Naser Momeni; Reza Davari Ardakani

Volume 13, Issue 26 , June 2019, , Pages 381-394

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2019.8025

Abstract
  All kinds of identity are typical, genus, and numerical identity. This predication that is the basis of the propositional language of Aristotle is the condition of speaking and use ...  Read More
Postmodernist Visual Discourse on Lyotard's Views on Dushan's Works
Postmodernist Visual Discourse on Lyotard's Views on Dushan's Works

Soheila Bahremani; Hossein Ardalani; Nafiseh Namadianpour; Parnaz Goodarzparvari

Volume 15, Issue 37 , December 2021, , Pages 450-468

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.48344.3007

Abstract
  The French scholar Jan-Francoisa Lyotard (1925-98) deconstructs from categories such as speech and language and places the image and play against it. He places a postmodernist visual ...  Read More
Conditional Approach in Sinowic Logic with Verbal Approach
Conditional Approach in Sinowic Logic with Verbal Approach

Reza Rasouli Sharabiani; Ebrahim Amrani

Volume 14, Issue 31 , July 2020, , Pages 459-477

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.35282.2385

Abstract
  Reflecting on Aristotle's logic and analyzing its metaphysical foundations shows the close connection between logic and metaphysics in his thought. However, by paying close attention ...  Read More
Love, Compassion and Reason in The Open Society and Its Enemies
Love, Compassion and Reason in The Open Society and Its Enemies

Alain Boyer

Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, , Pages 242-257

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.16586

Abstract
  One may say that The Open Society and Its Enemies (OS) offered in 1945 the first complete elaboration of the general approach proposed by Karl Popper, namely his ‘critical rationalism’, ...  Read More
Redefining Cartesian Reductionism in Biological Issues with Big Data, such as COVID-19 Worldwide Pandemic, Using Formalism based on the Intermediate Attitude of Rationalism and Empiricism
Redefining Cartesian Reductionism in Biological Issues with Big Data, such as COVID-19 Worldwide Pandemic, Using Formalism based on the Intermediate Attitude of Rationalism and Empiricism

Mohammad Boudaghi; Farnaz Mahan; Ayaz Isazadeh

Volume 15, Issue 36 , November 2021, , Pages 270-286

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.47423.2935

Abstract
  Reduction is a concept first introduced by Descartes in explaining his view of the rationalization of philosophy through mathematics. He seeks to consider length, breadth, and depth ...  Read More
The place of Zen Buddhism philosophy in Sohrab Sepehri's poems
The place of Zen Buddhism philosophy in Sohrab Sepehri's poems

Fattaneh Jalalkamali; Ali Sadeghi Shahpar; Morteza Razaghpoor; Hossein Ardalani

Volume 14, Issue 32 , December 2020, , Pages 274-288

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.40721.2613

Abstract
  The present study aims to investigate the effect of Zen Buddhism philosophy and language's ideology in the forests and trees in the Sohrab Sepehri's. In some of poems, Sepehri has used ...  Read More
"The Other" according to Lévinas and Blanchot

Maryam Mesbahi; Mohammad Hossein DJAVARI; Allahshokr ASSADOLLAHI TEJARAGH

Volume 13, Issue 28 , November 2019, , Pages 291-303

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2019.31611.2224

Abstract
  After the Second World War, the concept of '' the Other '' became the essential question in the philosophical domain. This concept plays an important role in interpersonal relationships ...  Read More
The Philosophy of Chemistry and its Evolution over Time
The Philosophy of Chemistry and its Evolution over Time

Hamideh Haghighat

Volume 16, Issue 40 , November 2022, , Pages 325-335

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.53095.3349

Abstract
  By some standards, chemistry is one of the largest scientific fields in the world, a science that is concerned with the "direct influence of molecules on human life" and thus raises ...  Read More
Phenomenological Explaining of the Perception of Prominent Teachers of the Dimensions and Components of Their Teacher’s Philosophy
Phenomenological Explaining of the Perception of Prominent Teachers of the Dimensions and Components of Their Teacher’s Philosophy

Sayedeh Nasrin Hosseini; Seyyed Hesam Hosseini; Mahdi Sobhaninejad; Fateh Mohamadi Nik

Volume 16, Issue 39 , September 2022, , Pages 331-349

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.52642.3316

Abstract
  This research was done with the aim of explaining the dimensions and components of teacher's philosophy, based on the lived experiences of excellent teachers. The type of research is ...  Read More
The philosophy of laughter in Moliere’s Theatre (the case study: The Miser)
The philosophy of laughter in Moliere’s Theatre (the case study: The Miser)

Mohammad MOHAMMADI-AGHDASH; Vahid NEJAD MOHAMMAD

Volume 18, Issue 46 , April 2024, , Pages 345-362

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.58981.3624

Abstract
  The exploration of laughter’s philosophical significance within the realm of performing arts, particularly the French classical theatre of the seventeenth century, reveals a profound ...  Read More