primordial nature, is the basis of islamic anthropology. according to the principles of transcendental philosophy could provide a tenable explanation of the nature. the nature in its specific sense is insight and tendencies of human nature. primordial nature can be regarded in terms of both ontological and epistemological notions. the nature in general epistemology could be defensible on the ba...

This chapter investigates service-oriented simulation frameworks from the ontological, epistemological, and teleological perspectives. First, we give an overview of various specific frameworks that imply particular referential ontological, epistemological, and teleological perspectives for real world systems. Then we combine the partial considerations derived from the review into a unifying fra...

the existence of different kinds of evil in the world has always been taken to criticize the rationality of theism by atheists. the swinburne’s teleological theodicy is a significant response to the problem of evil among theists’ different answers. in his theodicy, swinburne contends that his theodicy may answer the problem of moral evil besides answering the problem of natural evil. the purpos...

In this article the author develops a framework for a pragma-dialectical reconstruction of teleological argumentation in a legal context. Ideas taken from legal theory are integrated in a pragma-dialectical model for analyzing and evaluating argumentation, thus providing a more systematic and elaborate framework for assessing the quality of teleological arguments in a legal context. Teleologica...

Teleological explanations are based on the assumption that an object or behavior exists for a purpose. Two studies explored the tendency of adults and first-, second-, and fourth-grade elementary-school children to explain the properties of living and nonliving natural kinds in teleological terms. Consistent with the hypothesis that young children possess a promiscuous teleological tendency, St...