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Research Paper
Illumination and Intuition on Plato
Illumination and Intuition on Plato

Maryam Soltani Kouhanestani; Majid Sadremajles

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 1-26

Abstract
  The being of intuitive knowledge and it’s meaning have been conflicted between plato’s interpreters in the all times. some of them haven’t accepted such knowledge ...  Read More
Research Paper
Proclus' Elaboration of Platonic Remarks on the Problem of Evils and their Relation to Divine Providence and Efficiency
Proclus' Elaboration of Platonic Remarks on the Problem of Evils and their Relation to Divine Providence and Efficiency

Reza Koorang Beheshti; Saeed Binaye Motlagh; Ali Karbaasizadeh

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 27-48

Abstract
  Although there is not a fully developed theory of evil in Plato, some various remarks are interspersed throughout his dialogues which provided the main materials for subsequent Platonists ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hegel, Heidegger and the Problem of Time
Hegel, Heidegger and the Problem of Time

Mohammad Mahdi Ardebili; Alireza Azadi

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 49-69

Abstract
  The stance of history in Metaphysics has never been as elevated as it is after Hegel, although Hegel was not the first to bring the issue of ‘history’ into the arena of ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Method of Heidegger’s research  in “Being and Time”
The Method of Heidegger’s research in “Being and Time”

Hossein Tarighatpour; Mohammad Javad Safian

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 71-92

Abstract
  Martin Heidegger chooses Being as his subject matter for his philosophy and believes that it has been neglected throughout the history of thinking . So he calls attention to it .The ...  Read More
Research Paper
Later Wittgenstein on Doubt and Certainty
Later Wittgenstein on Doubt and Certainty

Mohammad Sadegh Zahedi; Khadijeh Asli Beigi

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 93-112

Abstract
  Later Wittgenstein, by making a distinction between knowledge and certainty, gives a new approach to criticize skepticism. According to him, certainty is prior to doubt and knowledge. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Internal Inconsistency of the Late Wittgenstein’s Viewpoint
The Internal Inconsistency of the Late Wittgenstein’s Viewpoint

Abdolrahim Fatemi

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 113-130

Abstract
  In spite of all Wittgenstein’s efforts in making the internal consistency of his late viewpoint, a precise survey shows that it suffers from some inconsistencies. One of the cases ...  Read More
Research Paper
Islamic Ethics and the Doctrine of the Mean
Islamic Ethics and the Doctrine of the Mean

Hossein Atrak

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 131-147

Abstract
  Originally introduced by Plato and Aristotle, the doctrine of the mean is the most prevalent theory of ethics among Islamic scholars. According to this doctrine, every virtue or excellence ...  Read More
Research Paper
Formalism in Kantian Ethics from Schelerian Viewpoint
Formalism in Kantian Ethics from Schelerian Viewpoint

Alireza Hassanpoor

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 149-163

Abstract
  The aim of this paper is examining the issue that whether Kant's ethical thought, as Scheler has claimed, is formalistic. Here, after explaining the meaning of forlmalism and history ...  Read More
Research Paper
Ethical Responsibility in Emmanuel Levinas's Thought;  the Other-Driven Passivity of  the I
Ethical Responsibility in Emmanuel Levinas's Thought; the Other-Driven Passivity of the I

Alireza Sayad Mansour; Hamid Talebzadeh

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 165-182

Abstract
  Emmanuel Levinas, adopting his peculiar phenomenological approach, views the I's responsibility for the Other as the sole foundation of being ethical, and summons humanity to be aware ...  Read More
Research Paper
Virtue Based Epistemology and the Problem of Justification
Virtue Based Epistemology and the Problem of Justification

Saed Hafkhar noghani; Reza Akbari; Jahanger Masoodi

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 183-193

Abstract
  One of the most important issues in contemporary epistemology is eliminating justification or replacing it by another factor in the structure of knowledge. The main problem in Virtue ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Problem of Calculation in Utilitarianism: Censure of J.J.C.Smart
The Problem of Calculation in Utilitarianism: Censure of J.J.C.Smart

Sahar Kavandi; Mohsen Jahed; Mohammad Hossein Arshadi bidgoli

Volume 8, Issue 14 , September 2014, Pages 195-216

Abstract
  Ethics is divided into three realms: Meta-ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics. Utilitarianism is one of the most significant views in normative ethics, which acts as a true ...  Read More