Journal of Philosophical Investigations
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Research Paper
Scientific Revolutions and Progress: reflections on Kuhn's and Bhaskar's philosophy of science
Scientific Revolutions and Progress: reflections on Kuhn's and Bhaskar's philosophy of science

Maryam Poostforush; Mostafa Taqavi

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 1-16

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.43132.2728

Abstract
  Scientificprogress is one of the topics that has always been considered in the philosophy of science and various accounts have been presented as regards the occurrence of progress.One ...  Read More
Research Paper
‘Township democracy’: A comparative analysis of ‘township democracy’ and ‘centralist democracy’ in Tocqueville’s ‘political philosophy’
‘Township democracy’: A comparative analysis of ‘township democracy’ and ‘centralist democracy’ in Tocqueville’s ‘political philosophy’

SHIRZAD PEIK HERFEH

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 17-41

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.42609.2702

Abstract
  Why ‘democracy,’ as a philosophical concept, thrives in some societies and not in others, and it has different shapes in different societies? Why, in some societies, ‘democracy’ ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analysis of Scientific Objectivity in the Value-leadenness of Science
Analysis of Scientific Objectivity in the Value-leadenness of Science

GholamHossien Javadpoor

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 42-64

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.41631.2664

Abstract
  The effect of values on science has created the fear for some philosophers of science that the main mission of science, namely objectivity, will be undermined. The traditional conception ...  Read More
Research Paper
Critique of Al-Ghazâlî's View on the Relationship between Determinism and The Free Will
Critique of Al-Ghazâlî's View on the Relationship between Determinism and The Free Will

Keygobad Daneshian Kenanlu; Seyed Ebrahim Aghazadeh; Tavakkol Kouhi Giglou

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 65-80

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.46862.2892

Abstract
  The relationship between the free will and the philosophical rule of "causal determinism" is one of the issues that have been the subject of controversy among Islamic thinkers, theologians, ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Critique of the Anthropological Dimensions of Prayer from Vincent Brommer's Perspective
The Critique of the Anthropological Dimensions of Prayer from Vincent Brommer's Perspective

Marveh Dolatabadi; Eainollah Khademi; AmirHossein Mansouri Nouri; Zeinab Darvishi

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 81-96

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.44296.2756

Abstract
  This research seeks to explain the most important anthropological dimensions of prayer according to Vincent Brommer through analytical and citation methods. The independent man is one ...  Read More
Research Paper
Explaining the relationship between art and nature in Schelling's philosophy
Explaining the relationship between art and nature in Schelling's philosophy

Roxana Riahi; Ali Moradkhani; Mohammad Shokri

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 97-114

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.43136.2729

Abstract
  To achieve the common origin of "I" and nature, Schelling takes a new approach to the philosophy of nature; demonstrating the falsity of dualism between "I" and nature and showing how ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparison of “Simple Reality” Rule and the Mystical Phrase
Comparison of “Simple Reality” Rule and the Mystical Phrase "The essence of God is oneness in his essence, everything in the names"

Mahdi Saadatmand; Ali Babaei

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 115-133

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.44226.2752

Abstract
  “Simple reality” rule states the relation of its true instance, that is, God to the universe. The similarity of this relationship in transcendent wisdom and mysticism, and ...  Read More
Research Paper
Reflective Judgment's Potentials in the Formation of Juridical Nature in Kant
Reflective Judgment's Potentials in the Formation of Juridical Nature in Kant

Ali Salmani; Saeed Hajrashidian

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 134-158

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.38021.2501

Abstract
  Perhaps one of the most pivotal ideas of Kant which connects all of the periods of his continuous intellectual work is the idea of the nature as the whole. According to Kant the nature ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hermeneutic Approach to Quantum Learning
Hermeneutic Approach to Quantum Learning

Ehsan Sabaghi Noushabadi; Hassan Rastegarpour; Majid AliAsgari

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 159-181

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.46891.2895

Abstract
  This paper aims to discover the key components of quantum theory in learning through hermeneutic research method. Quantum theory is exactly against the theory of simplicity. While the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Positive Freedom and Liberalism in Kant's Political Philosophy
Positive Freedom and Liberalism in Kant's Political Philosophy

Ali Abedi Renani; Faez Dinparast

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 182-202

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.44117.2748

Abstract
  The subject of this article is the analysis of the concept of freedom as one of the fundamental issues of political thought in Kant’s philosophy. Given Isaiah Berlin’s typology ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparison of Pseudo-Dionysius and Suhrawardi's views on beauty
Comparison of Pseudo-Dionysius and Suhrawardi's views on beauty

Parvaneh Gharib Garkani; Esmaeil BaniArdalan; Shamsolmolouk Mostafavi

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 203-225

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.42130.2679

Abstract
  The writings of Pseudo-Dionysius are a mixture of Christian thought, Late Greek philosophy and mainly neo-Platonic philosophy, which are easily integrated with religion because of his ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Communitarian Critique of the Moral Crisis of Modernity: a study of how moral society is built in McIntyre thought
The Communitarian Critique of the Moral Crisis of Modernity: a study of how moral society is built in McIntyre thought

Hojat Ghalandari

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 226-247

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.43480.2741

Abstract
  How ethics and society relate to each other has always been one of the most important questions for social thinkers and philosophers. At the beginning of the so-called Enlightenment, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Žižek's Hegelian-Lacanian Reading of the Subject
Žižek's Hegelian-Lacanian Reading of the Subject

Bayan Karimi; Masoud Binandeh

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 248-267

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2020.42015.2675

Abstract
  For Zizek, considering Hegel's philosophy as the culmination of absolute systematization and idealism which ultimately dissolves the diversity of reality into absolute idea and knowledge, ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Relationship between Pleasure and Happiness from the Point of View of Ibn Sina and Mulla Sadra
The Relationship between Pleasure and Happiness from the Point of View of Ibn Sina and Mulla Sadra

Zahra Ganjipour; Farajullah Barati; Meysam Amani

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 268-292

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.43028.2724

Abstract
  From the time human beings are born, they are forever confronted with the phenomena of pleasure and happiness. These two concepts are very close but there are major differences and ...  Read More
Research Paper
Existential Features of the Body in Merleau-Ponty Phenomenology
Existential Features of the Body in Merleau-Ponty Phenomenology

Neda Mohajel; Mahmoud Sufiani; Muhammad Asghari

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 293-316

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.46602.2872

Abstract
  In this article, we try to show that Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as the patron saint of the body, offers a phenomenological analysis of the body that is neither psychological nor rational, ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Role of Roger Scruton in the Development of Analytic Aesthetics
The Role of Roger Scruton in the Development of Analytic Aesthetics

Mohadeseh Marjani; Asghar Fahimifar

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 317-339

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.45070.2779

Abstract
  The main purpose of this research is to explore the thoughts of British philosopher Roger Scruton in the scope of aesthetics. Scruton was particularly influenced by Kant's project of ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Contemplation on the Role of Gender in One's Identity: A Critical Review of Witt's
A Contemplation on the Role of Gender in One's Identity: A Critical Review of Witt's "Uni-Essentialism" Thesis

Zahra Zargar; Hanieh Gholamali; Homa Yazdani

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 340-357

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.43445.2738

Abstract
  Metaphysics of Gender is a branch of Feminist Philosophy in which the metaphysical issues about "Gender" are discussed. Charlotte Witt is a feminist philosopher, who analyzes gender ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparative Research of Gilles Deleuze and Nelson Goodman Opinions in Modern Literature and Painting Concentrating on Representation Avoidance Concept
Comparative Research of Gilles Deleuze and Nelson Goodman Opinions in Modern Literature and Painting Concentrating on Representation Avoidance Concept

Sara Moshaee; Leyla Montazeri

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 358-378

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.44686.2764

Abstract
  Modernism is a mental and intellectual approach by modern human; a mind that became a new change facing life crisis and manifested the various aspects of life using art medium. Modern ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Hole Argument, Manifold Substantivalism, and Ontic Structural Realism
The Hole Argument, Manifold Substantivalism, and Ontic Structural Realism

Saeed Masoumi

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 379-401

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.42502.2694

Abstract
  The hole argument has become one of the main issues in the philosophy of space-time after the article by Earman and Norton (1987), according to which a certain version of substantivalism ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Critical Study of the Relationship between the Art of Surrealism and Truth According to Heidegger
A Critical Study of the Relationship between the Art of Surrealism and Truth According to Heidegger

Monireh Naderi; MohammadJavad Safian; Hossein Ardalani

Volume 15, Issue 35 , September 2021, Pages 402-420

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2021.46172.2834

Abstract
  Surrealists’ paintings are covered in puzzle-like images informed by a juxtaposition of fantasy and reality. They sought to combine dream and reality to unleash the untold hidden ...  Read More