Can humans acquire knowledge of ultimate reality, even significant or comprehensive knowledge? I argue that for all we know we can, and that is so whether ultimate reality is divine or non-divine. My strategy involves arguing that we are ignorant, in the sense of lacking public or shared knowledge, about which possibilities, if any, obtain for humans to acquire knowledge of ultimate reality. Th...

Most research on the water spirits of Yangzi has focused popular worship and paid little attention to Confucian discourse its major role in establishing imperial legitimacy. Yet it is a crucial aspect understand traditional politics China. The River tributaries lakes were venerated, offered sacrifices, incorporated into codes state ritual canonized sacrifices basin symbolized religious–politica...

the research methodology and research orientation of the studies published in the realm of teaching persian to the speakers of other languages (hereafter tpsol) have seldom been reported. that said, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the research methodology and research orientation of the papers published between 2012 and 2015 in tpsol journal. moreover, the study aimed to inv...

this paper has studied motahari's point of view  on the divine revelation as a methodological problem. in islamic philosophers' point of view, divine revelation is result of :union: of prophet and active intellect. they consider the divine revelation as knowledge and emphasize its cognitive identity. on the other hand, some scholars reduce the divine revelation to tendencies and empha...

Knowledge has always represented a sort of human unrealizable dream and omniscience, that means the complete and unlimited knowledge, is considered by most of the cultures as a divine characteristic. To know means to have the power: in human history – and in recent philosophical reflections – it is a full stop! But what are we willing to give to get access to knowledge? Myths and stories on kno...

Many online content providers aim to compensate for a loss in advertising revenues by charging consumers for access to online content. However, such a choice is not straightforward, because subscription fees typically deter customers, further reducing advertising revenues. In this research, we empirically examine and quantify a content provider’s trade-off between advertising and subscription r...

The rapid growth of the Internet and electronic commerce stimulates new digital innovations. Electronic markets can influence both adoption and diffusion processes of digital innovations in significant ways. The difficulties for market transactions of information goods and the change from free to paid content on websites in the last years has led to research questions about how individuals deci...

The rapid growth of the Internet and electronic commerce stimulates new digital innovations. Electronic markets can influence both the adoption and diffusion processes of digital innovations in significant ways. The difficulties for market transactions of information goods and the change from free to paid content on websites in recent years has led to research questions about how individuals de...