In the Islamic tradition, Mulla Sadra is foremost among the philosophers who have dealt with the issue of prophecy from all three theological, philosophical, and mystical perspectives. Among Western scholars of religion, Henry Corbin is the most prominent commentator of prophetic wisdom, who has provided a mystical reading of the problem of prophecy drawing on the ideas of Muslim philosophers. ...

the present article explains the notion of symbol and metaphor in ricoeur's philosophy and tries to consider the relation between them in his whole philosophical perspective to answer the following questions: whether this two notions are the same or each one belongs to completely different realms? what kind of relation is there between tham? whether there is any conceptual or functional re...

philosopl:y in its broad sense constitutes the origin and foundation of almost each and every discipline ive observe in today's world. despite the focal influence philosophical unde1pinnings have on an ensemble of ideological and epistemological issues in our life, this branch of human knowledge is not welcomed the 1vqy it deserves f?y the administrators of a number of disciplines. one suc...

In their critical paper on images in the health sciences, Roger Cooter and Claudia Stein pointed out the limits of visualisation and representation in the existing literature in the public representation of health and illness. They focus on the complex and multilayered field of medical representations as the site where levels of epistemic, philosophical and political presuppositions provide ins...

The objective of this work is to discuss the scope of historical issues in an epistemological approach to epidemiology. Considering the contributions to a practical comprehension of science made by Habermas's theory of communicative action and Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, this study attempts to explore the sense in which a historical point of view redirects the main epistemological que...

the purpose of this study was to analyze the philosophical hermeneutics of gadamer، and show its implications for the attainment of self-understanding، otherness- understanding and together – understand in education. to achieve this objective، descriptive research methods and conceptual analysis of the qualitative research approach was used in. this study، the theoretical foundations and philos...