Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Volume 19 (2025)
Issue 50 articles
Vol. 19, Issue 50, Spring 2025
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Volume 14 (2020)
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Research Paper
Examining The Concept of Transcendental Freedom and Its Relationship with Moral Responsibility from Kant's Point of View Based on Other Concept by Lacan
Examining The Concept of Transcendental Freedom and Its Relationship with Moral Responsibility from Kant's Point of View Based on Other Concept by Lacan

Alireza Zamiri; Aَhmad Fazeli; Hassan Fathzadeh

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.63953.3893

Abstract
  Non-intentional and immediate awareness has no already relationship with the other. While freedom is always related to others and not having a relationship with others does not fundamentally ...  Read More
Research Paper
On the Relation of Emotion and Moral Capacity in Artificial Intelligence Technologies
On the Relation of Emotion and Moral Capacity in Artificial Intelligence Technologies

Zahra Zargar

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 19-40

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.63626.3875

Abstract
  The unpreceded abilities of AI technologies have led to the emergence of new ethical issues; among them is the possibility of the moral agency of AI artifacts. There are many questions ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Exploration of the Objects of Ethical Criticism in the World of Art
An Exploration of the Objects of Ethical Criticism in the World of Art

Mohsen Karami

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 41-58

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65266.3973

Abstract
  The primary aim of this study is to identify the objects of ethical criticism in the art world. It seeks to demonstrate that the scope of ethical critique extends beyond artworks, traditionally ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Ontological Difference in Heidegger's Thought: A Solution to the Puzzle of the Relationship between Being, entities, and Dasein in Being and Time
The Ontological Difference in Heidegger's Thought: A Solution to the Puzzle of the Relationship between Being, entities, and Dasein in Being and Time

Nayerehsadat Mirmousa

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 59-78

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.64180.3901

Abstract
  This paper examines three seemingly inconsistent passages in Martin Heidegger's Being and Time that pertain to the relationship between Being, entities, and Dasein. The apparent inconsistency ...  Read More
Research Paper
Development of Husserl’s Thought about Time and Emergence of First Signs of Passing through Metaphysics of Presence
Development of Husserl’s Thought about Time and Emergence of First Signs of Passing through Metaphysics of Presence

Mohsen Japani; Masood Seif; Mohammad-Hassan Heidari; Mohammad Raayat-Jahromi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 79-98

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.64037.3897

Abstract
  Brentano attempts to resolve the problems of perception of temporal things by postulating the “original association, but Husserl considers Brentano's thoughts inadequate and, ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Relevance Logic Theory and the Truth-Functional System Theory; A Comparison and Evaluation Based on the Inference to the Best Explanation and Prest’s Quantitative Model
The Relevance Logic Theory and the Truth-Functional System Theory; A Comparison and Evaluation Based on the Inference to the Best Explanation and Prest’s Quantitative Model

Morteza Haj-hosseini; Masoud Alvand

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 99-118

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.58188.3595

Abstract
  Recent developments in non-classical logic have raised the question of rational choice in the field of logic. If logic is not an exception, a posterior methodology can be used for rational ...  Read More
Research Paper
Fodor's Causal Argument and Unwarranted Supervenience Assumption; Examining Egan's Argument
Fodor's Causal Argument and Unwarranted Supervenience Assumption; Examining Egan's Argument

Abbas Mahdavi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 119-134

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.58736.3612

Abstract
  In this essay, I examine Fodor's argument in favor of psychological individualism and Egan's response. According to Fodor's causal argument, every scientific theory individualizes states ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Meanings and Functions of Contradiction in Simon Weil's Thought
The Meanings and Functions of Contradiction in Simon Weil's Thought

Mostafa Mousavi-Azam

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 135-152

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.62230.3795

Abstract
  Philosophers' confrontation with contradiction is so fundamental and important that it has been a trend in the history of philosophy. Simone Weil is one of the philosophers who has ...  Read More
Research Paper
Evaluation of Polkinghorne's Model Regarding the Mechanism of Divine Action
Evaluation of Polkinghorne's Model Regarding the Mechanism of Divine Action

Mohammad-Ebrahim Maghsoudi; Hassan Hosseini-Sarvari

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 153-172

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.58487.3599

Abstract
  John C. Polkinghorne (1930-2021) was one of the leading figures in the field of science and theology, who had a distinctive approach to explaining the mechanism of divine action in ...  Read More
Research Paper
Identifying the Components of an Educated Person from a Philosophical Perspective
Identifying the Components of an Educated Person from a Philosophical Perspective

Mazhar Babaee; Parastoo Salehi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 173-192

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.60288.3694

Abstract
  The aim of the current research was to identify the philosophical components of an educated person. The research approach was qualitative with an interpretative paradigm, and the methods ...  Read More
Research Paper
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

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 193-204

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

Abstract
  In the Modern age, dealing with epistemological issues was at the center of attention. For Kant, epistemology was also the main concern, but what distinguishes Kant from his predecessors ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating Marcus Aurelius' Stoic Opinions Based on Statistical Analysis of the Meditations Book
Investigating Marcus Aurelius' Stoic Opinions Based on Statistical Analysis of the Meditations Book

Mojtaba Latifiyan; Maryam Ardeshir-Larijani

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 205-224

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.63641.3876

Abstract
  In recent years, the Stoic school, which has a moral nature, has been considered as a way of life. The opinions and beliefs of Marcus Aurelius, who is one of the most important Stoic ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Great Art; Heidegger's Attempt to Transcend Aesthetics
Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Great Art; Heidegger's Attempt to Transcend Aesthetics

Hamed Tooni

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 225-244

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.63494.3865

Abstract
  Heidegger believes that metaphysical understanding of art and aesthetic theories have a fundamental influence on our relationship with art and works of art. This issue has spread both ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Process of Meaning Transfer in Translation from the Perspective of Paul Ricœur
The Process of Meaning Transfer in Translation from the Perspective of Paul Ricœur

Vahid Nejad-Mohammad; Mohammad Mohammadi-Aghdash; Abolfazl Abavisani

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 260-245

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.64926.3939

Abstract
  Textual and linguistic considerations show the semantic and structural systems of the translated text. On the other hand, the interaction or non-interaction of the textual signs of ...  Read More
Research Paper
Plato's Arguments for Unity of Intelligent and Intelligible
Plato's Arguments for Unity of Intelligent and Intelligible

Ali Owlanj; Said Binaye-Motlagh; Ali Karbasizadeh

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 261-282

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.49399.3078

Abstract
  Unity of intelligent and intelligible has its supreme formation in philosophy of Mulla-Sadra. But this fact according to many philosophical texts is rooted in the philosophy of ancient ...  Read More
Research Paper
Critical Reading of Ghazali's Perspective on the Destiny of Man by Himself
Critical Reading of Ghazali's Perspective on the Destiny of Man by Himself

Faranak Bahmani; Ali Hosseini

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 283-300

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.61670.3768

Abstract
  Explaining the extent of human influence on existence and his role in determining and changing his destiny is one of the most important theological topics that has always been the focus ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Critical Study of ʿAllāmih Ṭabāṭabāʾī's Objections against Mullā Ṣadrā's Opinion about the Essential Nature of the Soul Attachment to the Body
A Critical Study of ʿAllāmih Ṭabāṭabāʾī's Objections against Mullā Ṣadrā's Opinion about the Essential Nature of the Soul Attachment to the Body

Hamid-Reza Khademi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 301-314

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.63358.3862

Abstract
  The essential (ḏātī) nature of the soul's attachment to the body is one of the innovative and new views expressed by Mullā Ṣadrā. Considering that the views of philosophers ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Concept of “Perception” in Islamic Philosophy
The Concept of “Perception” in Islamic Philosophy

Seyyed Ebrahim Aghazadeh

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 315-334

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65869.4001

Abstract
  This article explores the concept of "perception" (idrāk) in Islamic philosophy, particularly analyzing the contributions of renowned philosophers such as Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā), Suhrawardi ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Effect of Religion on Individual and Social Identity from the Perspective of Al-Farabi and Kierkegaard
The Effect of Religion on Individual and Social Identity from the Perspective of Al-Farabi and Kierkegaard

Jalil Jalili

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 335-346

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65112.3959

Abstract
  This research examines and compares the views of Al-Farabi, an Islamic philosopher, and Søren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher and pioneer of Christian existentialism, on the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analyzing the Thoughts of Aristotle and the Sophists about Good Government
Analyzing the Thoughts of Aristotle and the Sophists about Good Government

Ayat Mowlaee; Pariya Ram

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 347-364

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.59746.3653

Abstract
  Determining good government and explaining its most important components has always been one of the most important and challenging issues for lawyers, politicians and philosophers. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Role and Influence of Karl Marx in the Emergence of Welfare State Theory
The Role and Influence of Karl Marx in the Emergence of Welfare State Theory

Mohammad Mazhari; Nusratullah Nabeel-Rahimi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 365-382

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65417.3985

Abstract
  The welfare state theory is one of the key concepts of public law and it is considered one of the bases of modern governance. Although some scholars state that the era of the welfare ...  Read More
Research Paper
Depiction of Space-Time Ontological Geometry Based on Mulla Sadra and Einstein’s Epistemological Bases
Depiction of Space-Time Ontological Geometry Based on Mulla Sadra and Einstein’s Epistemological Bases

Meysam Mozaka; Mahdi Dehbashi; Mohammad-Reza Shamshiri

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 383-404

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2024.59948.3669

Abstract
  The purpose of this article is to explain the quality of creation and examine the essence of space-time based on Sadra'i philosophy and its comparison with physical propositions. The ...  Read More
Research Paper
Evaluation and Analysis of the Embodied Mind Perspective
Evaluation and Analysis of the Embodied Mind Perspective

Mohamad-Mahdi Moghadas; Ali Fath-Taheri; Abdul-Razzaq Hesamifar; Shirzad Peik-Herfeh

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 405-436

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65178.3968

Abstract
  This paper evaluates the embodied mind perspective in light of disembodied approaches to the mind. According to disembodied approaches, the body plays no fundamental role in constituting ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Importance of an Education-Oriented Approach to Neo-Sadrian Logic and Epistemology in Defining Scientific Terms: a case study on 'Technology'
The Importance of an Education-Oriented Approach to Neo-Sadrian Logic and Epistemology in Defining Scientific Terms: a case study on 'Technology'

Mahdi Gerashi; Ahmad Khalifeh

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 437-464

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65527.3987

Abstract
  Objective: The Academic Community Has Long Been Grappling with The Chronic Issue of Establishing a Precise, Comprehensive, And Cohesive Definition of Technology and Some Scholars Even ...  Read More
Research Paper
Examining and Comparing the Concept of Experience According to Hegel and Whitehead
Examining and Comparing the Concept of Experience According to Hegel and Whitehead

Mokhtar Momeni

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 465-488

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2022.52427.3279

Abstract
  The discussion of experience by Hegel and Whitehead is based on a basic and similar basis, but it develops in two completely different directions. The basis of these two philosophers ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analysis and Examination of the Influence of Whitehead's Process Philosophy on Theological Transformation, Focusing on the Issue of
Analysis and Examination of the Influence of Whitehead's Process Philosophy on Theological Transformation, Focusing on the Issue of "Becoming"

Mahdi Monazzah; Mohammad Mahdavi; Mohammad Azimi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 489-506

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65101.3957

Abstract
  Alfred North Whitehead's "process philosophy," a novel and influential perspective in contemporary philosophy, examines the organic and interconnected relationships between the various ...  Read More
Research Paper
Philosophical Intellectual Games of Philosophy for Children; the nature, characteristics and functions
Philosophical Intellectual Games of Philosophy for Children; the nature, characteristics and functions

Saeed Naji; Samaneh Askari Nodehi

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 506-528

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.61070.3734

Abstract
  The necessity of introducing games in educational content of schools has been clarified recently. There are known features in games that can facilitate education and encourage students ...  Read More
Research Paper
Transition from Moral Justice to Right Justice and a New Definition of the Political State in Aristotle's Philosophy
Transition from Moral Justice to Right Justice and a New Definition of the Political State in Aristotle's Philosophy

Mohsen Bagherzadeh-Meshkibaf

Volume 19, Issue 50 , March 2025, Pages 529-549

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2025.65828.3999

Abstract
  In this article, the author attempts to explain something that is rarely seen in Aristotle's ethical and political thought, which is the legal dimension that Aristotle incidentally ...  Read More