Journal of Philosophical Investigations
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Two Aspect Reading on Kant’s Thing in Itself
Two Aspect Reading on Kant’s Thing in Itself

mahdi ahmadi; Yousef Nozohour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 July 2024

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.60297.3695

Abstract
  One cannot assess Kant’s critical project without the consideration of the Transcendental Idealism. This is due to the fact that it is the solution he finds for the perennial ...  Read More
Consequence of Kant's ،Theory on Mind based on Correspondence Theory
Consequence of Kant's ،Theory on Mind based on Correspondence Theory

ramezan mahdavi azadboni

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 29 July 2024

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.61635.3765

Abstract
  In the Modern age, dealing with epistemological issues was in the center of attention. For Kant, epistemological issues were the main concern, but Kant's distinction in dealing ...  Read More
Critical Thinking and the Role of Epistemological Beliefs
Critical Thinking and the Role of Epistemological Beliefs

Ali Eghbali; Zhila Kardan Halvaeei

Volume 18, Issue 49 , December 2024, , Pages 111-130

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.61480.3755

Abstract
  The aim of this research was an analytical review of the definition of critical thinking and the importance of teaching it, the concept of epistemological beliefs and their role in ...  Read More
Investigating the Applications and Challenges of Metaverse in Education: A Systematic Review
Investigating the Applications and Challenges of Metaverse in Education: A Systematic Review

Asadollah Khadivi

Volume 18, Issue 49 , December 2024, , Pages 193-218

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.62124.3787

Abstract
  the current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the applications and challenges of metaverse in education. This research was qualitative and its method was a systematic ...  Read More
The Elucidation of the Concept of Kant's Aesthetic Form and Its Relation to Roger Fry and Clive Bell's Thought
The Elucidation of the Concept of Kant's Aesthetic Form and Its Relation to Roger Fry and Clive Bell's Thought

Ali Salmani; Sepehr Salimi

Volume 18, Issue 49 , December 2024, , Pages 293-310

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.60754.3720

Abstract
  Kant is known as the pioneer of artistic formalism. Art critics and commentators on Kant's works have also confirmed this claim. Kant discusses the form first in the critique of pure ...  Read More
A Comparative Study of the Epistemological Foundations of the Critique of Metaphysics in the Philosophical Thoughts of Kant and Carnap
A Comparative Study of the Epistemological Foundations of the Critique of Metaphysics in the Philosophical Thoughts of Kant and Carnap

Amin Navakhti Moghaddam

Volume 18, Issue 49 , December 2024, , Pages 405-432

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.62948.3906

Abstract
  Metaphysics has a long-standing history in philosophy. Although it does not date back as far as philosophy itself, it has always been a fundamental part of philosophical systems and ...  Read More
Functional Fit and the Instrumental Character of Knowledge: Rethinking the Theory of Knowledge with Radical Constructivism
Functional Fit and the Instrumental Character of Knowledge: Rethinking the Theory of Knowledge with Radical Constructivism

Meysam Khanjanian Mian-Poshte

Volume 18, Issue 48 , September 2024, , Pages 185-198

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.61095.3735

Abstract
  Radical constructivism (RC), introduced by Ernst von Glasersfeld, is an instrumentalist theory of knowledge that challenges the notion of knowledge as a picture or representation of ...  Read More
The Mathematical Basis of the Phenomenal World
The Mathematical Basis of the Phenomenal World

Bernard Riley

Volume 18, Issue 47 , August 2024, , Pages 161-188

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.62355.3811

Abstract
  In the Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant said that cognition (objective perception) is acquired in the unity of sensibility (the receptivity of the mind to receive empirical representations ...  Read More
"Moral Certainty", One Concept, Several Perspectives; Evaluation of Two Relative and Absolute Approaches about "Moral Certainty" Based on Wittgenstein's On Certainty

Mohammad Saeed Abdollahi; Mohsen Javadi; Muhammad Legenhausen

Volume 18, Issue 46 , April 2024, , Pages 13-29

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.58699.3609

Abstract
  One of the important ethical concepts that has occupied the minds of many philosophers in the past years is the concept of "moral certainty". This means whether there are moral propositions ...  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
The Deficits of Scientific Scepticism: Revisiting the Higher Values of Contextualistic Pluralism in Justification of Truth and Knowledge Claims
The Deficits of Scientific Scepticism: Revisiting the Higher Values of Contextualistic Pluralism in Justification of Truth and Knowledge Claims

Anthony Etuk

Volume 17, Issue 45 , January 2024, , Pages 116-127

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.57961.3587

Abstract
  Scientific scepticism, fundamentally, questions the veracity and epistemic value of claims not supported by scientific evidence. Motivated by the assumption that only the empirical ...  Read More
A Review of the Theory of
A Review of the Theory of "The Spirit of Meaning" with Emphasis on Al-Ghazali's Point of View

Ahmad Fazeli; Hediye Omidzamani

Volume 17, Issue 45 , January 2024, , Pages 147-158

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.57943.3585

Abstract
  Considering the fact that the words in the intra-religious attitude are considered in two ways, the first is towards jurisprudential words and the second is a rational and conceptual ...  Read More
An Evaluation of Kant’s Transcendental Idealism Using the Inversion Theory of Truth
An Evaluation of Kant’s Transcendental Idealism Using the Inversion Theory of Truth

Peter Lugten

Volume 17, Issue 45 , January 2024, , Pages 159-174

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.57752.3578

Abstract
  This paper examines the work of Immanuel Kant in the light of a new theory on the nature of truth, knowledge and falsehood (the Inversion Theory of Truth). Kant’s idea that knowledge ...  Read More
Analytical Study of the Role of the Industry of Religion of Ibn Khaldun, Discipline and Technology of the Self of Foucault in Power Domination
Analytical Study of the Role of the Industry of Religion of Ibn Khaldun, Discipline and Technology of the Self of Foucault in Power Domination

Gholamreza Mansouri

Volume 17, Issue 45 , January 2024, , Pages 175-190

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.56104.3511

Abstract
  In some point of view, neither Michel Foucault nor Ibn Khaldun are considered philosophers in the conventional classifications, but both are very  important in intellectual and, ...  Read More
Memory as a Mass-Based Graph: Towards a Conceptual Framework for the Simulation Model of Human Memory in Al
Memory as a Mass-Based Graph: Towards a Conceptual Framework for the Simulation Model of Human Memory in Al

Mahdi Mollakazemiha; Hassan Fathzadeh

Volume 17, Issue 45 , January 2024, , Pages 203-214

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.53850.3387

Abstract
  There are two approaches for simulating memory as well as learning in artificial intelligence; the functionalistic approach and the cognitive approach. The necessary condition to put ...  Read More
Justifying Ockham’s Razor within Betz’s Theory of Dialectical Structures
Justifying Ockham’s Razor within Betz’s Theory of Dialectical Structures

Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Etemadoleslami Bakhtiari

Volume 17, Issue 44 , November 2023, , Pages 63-88

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.53882.3389

Abstract
  According to Ockham’s razor, assumptions must not be unnecessarily multiplied. While this principle is widely accepted, its justification is controversial. More precisely, we ...  Read More
A Reflection on Rorty's Claim about Religion: religion as a conversation stopper
A Reflection on Rorty's Claim about Religion: religion as a conversation stopper

Nabiollah Soleimani

Volume 17, Issue 44 , November 2023, , Pages 330-353

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.53693.3377

Abstract
  Rorty claims that metaphysicians and religious scholars agree with the separation of the public sphere (politics) from the private sphere (religion). While metaphysicians try to find ...  Read More
The Justification of Sensory Experience and Religious Experience in Alston's Intellectual System; Controversies and Responses
The Justification of Sensory Experience and Religious Experience in Alston's Intellectual System; Controversies and Responses

Masoumeh Mahmoudi; Abdollah Salavati

Volume 17, Issue 44 , November 2023, , Pages 695-716

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.52266.3264

Abstract
  Introduction, Alston by distinguishing two explanatory views of sensory experience; that means, the direct and indirect justification point of view is based on the belief that sensory ...  Read More
Immanence is Volatile! a critique on reading Hjelmslev’s Theory of Language as “Critique of Pure Linguistic Reason”
Immanence is Volatile! a critique on reading Hjelmslev’s Theory of Language as “Critique of Pure Linguistic Reason”

Mohammad Amin Shakeri

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 66-88

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.50430.3138

Abstract
  In his critical reading of the book Prolegomena to a Theory of Language, Safaie (2021), referring to a Kantian epistemology and several other approaches, considers Hjelmslev’s ...  Read More
The Influence of Kant’s Epistemology on Kierkegaard
The Influence of Kant’s Epistemology on Kierkegaard

Soroush Saberi; Ali Karbasizadeh Isfahani

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 132-152

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.51079.3170

Abstract
  There could be various comparative studies between Kant and Kierkegaard on fields like human knowledge, ethics, faith, art, etc. This paper aims to compare the two philosopher’s ...  Read More
Recent Work on Reliabilist Virtue Epistemology
Recent Work on Reliabilist Virtue Epistemology

Mohammad Hossein Mohamad Ali Khalaj

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 211-234

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.52233.3260

Abstract
  The paper aims to examine and criticize recent approaches suggested by some virtue reliabilists. To this end, section 2 provides a sketch of Sosa’s triple account of knowledge, ...  Read More
Kant's Theory of Knowledge and its Inherent Contradiction: examining the Kant's theory of knowledge based on Kant's own criterion in formation of knowledge
Kant's Theory of Knowledge and its Inherent Contradiction: examining the Kant's theory of knowledge based on Kant's own criterion in formation of knowledge

Mohammad Aslani

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 299-319

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.50366.3120

Abstract
  In his theory of knowledge, Kant presents an exclusive method for obtaining science by applying categories to the data of sensory intuition. "A priori synthetic propositions" are those ...  Read More
Epistemological Explanation of Sense Experience in Cartesian Thought
Epistemological Explanation of Sense Experience in Cartesian Thought

Seyyed Mostafa Shahraieni; Mojtaba Jalili

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 634-649

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.56427.3528

Abstract
  It seems that in Cartesian thought the possibility of sense experience cannot easily be put forward because of the theoretical foundations of his philosophy. He, in his masterpiece, ...  Read More
Examining the Concept of Mind and the Status of Reason in Hume's Belief on Causality with a Naturalistic Approach
Examining the Concept of Mind and the Status of Reason in Hume's Belief on Causality with a Naturalistic Approach

Leila Khodami; Yousef Shaghoul; Reza Sadeqi

Volume 17, Issue 43 , August 2023, , Pages 695-714

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.51013.3162

Abstract
  In discussing Hume's view of causality, it has been generally focused on its negative aspects and skeptical results. Whereas, according to naturalistic interpretation, Hume's purpose ...  Read More
An Analysis of the User's Interpretation of the Product; Comparative Study of Experience Design and Reception Hermeneutic
An Analysis of the User's Interpretation of the Product; Comparative Study of Experience Design and Reception Hermeneutic

Seyyed Ali Faregh; Mahshid Barani

Volume 16, Issue 41 , January 2023, , Pages 310-323

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.52112.3250

Abstract
  The product resulting from the design process can be depicted as a text carrying the meaning whose readers are its users. Among the prominent theories dealing with the category of the ...  Read More