How do we find order in the ever-changing and fleeting appearances with which we are continually presented? How can we think change in a coherent way – i.e. without betraying the stringency of thinking as an act guided by its own norms? This is one of the most basic questions that shaped Western philosophy as a field with its own set of characteristic problems to which any philosopher is forced...

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Can a system have the ability to dynamically generate, on demand, a large number of adequate exercises in order to feed a learning environment in philosophy? We addressed this issue with our Philosophical Gymnasium (Phi-GYM) project with its authoring tool. Our motivation in designing the authoring tool was to: (1) Find an effective way to provide a wide range of exercises, and to; (2) Provide ...

Philosophical perspectives are worldviews that define the nature of the world, the individual’s place in it, and the possible relationships to that world and its parts. Learning and instructional theories are developed with respect to a particular set of assumptions regarding what it means to know and learn. It is our contention that when situational variables require some decision on the part ...

The historical development of concepts of causality in philosophy is described. Since the Enlightenment and the growth of science, exponents of the two most important concepts, determinism and teleology, have been in conflict. At the inception of psychoanalysis at the end of the nineteenth century this conflict was particularly intense. It was the cause of the first major schism in psychoanalys...

in the “critique of pure reason (kritik der reinen vernunft)” kant apply the ‘judgment’ as an entry to his philosophical system and according to which he offers quadra division of propositions and with analyzing of this propositions he try to reach his implications and results. so basic philosophical categories like possibility of metaphysics, causality, universality, necessity, explanation of ...

SUMMARY Component importance analysis is a key part of the system reliability quantification process. It enables the weakest areas of a system to be identified and indicates modifications, which will improve the system reliability. Although a wide range of importance measures have been developed, the majority of these measures are strictly for coherent system analysis. Non-coherent systems can ...

Inductive/deductive hybrid thematic analysis offers significant opportunities for researchers, but its application within integrative mixed methods research has yet to be fully explored. Firstly, this article contributes by demonstrating the compatibility of inductive/deductive with quantitative work in a approach research. Secondly, then innovates highlighting value critical realist meta-theor...

We study an entangled two-mode coherent state within the framework of2×2-dimensional Hilbert space. We investigate the problem of quantum teleportation ofa superposition coherent state via an entangled coherent channel. By three differentmeasures with the titles ``minimum assured fidelity (MASF)”, ``average teleportationfidelity” and ``optimal fidelity (f)” we study the ...