This article is a brief review of Ibn Sīnā’s practical philosophy. It begins with a discussion of the Platonic, Aristotelian, and Neo-Platonic influences on Ibn Sīnā’s practical philosophy, as well as the influence of Fārābī and of Islamic religious teachings. The creative synthesis invented by Ibn Sīnā requires a particular view of the relation between religion and philosophy in such a manner ...

The phenomenon of digital computation is explained (often differently) in computer science, computer engineering andmore broadly in cognitive science. Although the semantics and implications of malfunctions have received attention in the philosophy of biology and philosophy of technology, errors in computational systems remain of interest only to computer science. Miscomputation has not gotten ...

MARGA VICEDO teaches history of biology at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto. She holds a PhD in philosophy of science from the University of Valencia, and a PhD in history of science from Harvard University. She is interested in the history and philosophy of biology in the twentieth century, especially the history of genetics, e...

Distributed Sampling Systems by Vijay Divi S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002) S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003) M.Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004) Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci...

Can a system have the ability to dynamically generate, on demand, a large number of selflearning and self-assessment exercises in order to supplement a learning environment in philosophy? We addressed this issue with our Phi-GYM project with its integrated authoring tool for tutoring systems in philosophy. Our motivation in designing the authoring tool was to: (1) Find an effective way to semia...

In this paper, we present our company’s philosophy: how to succeed and to achieve our goals, and, especially, to be innovative and always in the forefront of technology. Our goal is to present a success philosophy in an enterprise as a main key and a first step before starting any financial plan, growing the company, organization, recruiting, etc. In this paper, we present our vision on the sub...

hegel has an overview regarding religion and its process. by passing the art, religion and philosophy, this process goes from the lowest to the highest part. this article is going to clarify the difference between the hegel's treatment of religion in various periods of his thought. it also considers the historical phenomenology of religion in hegel's philosophy. in this regard in whic...

philosophy of liberalism has affected the nursing profession. feminism and pragmatism are some aspects of liberalism in nursing. individualism and egalitarianism are problematic for nursing implementation. free economy and superior individualism are principles in liberalism which create problems in nursing. a lot of problems in nursing profession are based on liberalism philosophy. we think abo...