Volume 15 (2024)
Volume 14 (2023)
Volume 13 (2022)
Volume 12 (2021)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2019)
Volume 9 (2018)
Volume 8 (2017)
Volume 7 (2016)
Volume 6 (2015)
Volume 5 (2015)
Volume 4 (2013)
Volume 3 (2012)
Volume 2 (2012)
Research Paper
A Critique of Leo Strauss’ Political Thought

Naser Tajik

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 1-23

Abstract
  This article has been arranged to discuss Leo Strauss’ hermeneutical principles and their impacts on his political thought as well as his reading of Plato in two parts: 1. Strauss’ hermeneutics; and 2. Strauss’ political view. His believes that philosophers have introduced their teachings ...  Read More

Research Paper
Impact of Aristotle's Political Philosophy on Muslim Philosophers to Ibn Rushd

Mahdi Hosseinzadeh

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 25-46

Abstract
  Along with the beginning of the movement of translation, Muslims began to get familiar with the ideas of Greek philosophers. It may be said that more than all other philosophers, it was Socrates who was paid attention to. The earlier Muslim philosophers such as al-Kindi and al-Farabi were familiar with ...  Read More

Research Paper
Sources of Ibn Khaldun's Familiarity with the Western World and Some Methodological Considerations

Meysam Sefidkhosh

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 47-66

Abstract
  "The western world" is a new term which has not been used by Ibn Khaldun at all. This does not mean, however, that Ibn Khaldun had no idea of the relative unity of what we call today the western world. Elsewhere, in another study, the author of the present article has shown that Ibn Khaldun thought of ...  Read More

Research Paper
Explanation of Foundations of Democracy in Philosophical Ideas of Karl Popper

Amir Masoud Shahramnia; Jalal Hajizadeh

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 67-86

Abstract
  In the present article, the authors aim to study Karl Raymond Popper's theory of democracy and evaluate its philosophical and epistemological foundations. The importance of this discussion lies in showing the logical relation of and consistency between Popper's scientific-philosopher principles and doctrines ...  Read More

Research Paper
Humanism of Modernity and its Mythical Foundations

Maryam Saneapour

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 87-116

Abstract
  To revive man's values which were lost in the Medieval Age under hierarchical despotism of the Church, the humanist movement in the European Renaissance found the golden age of ancient Greece as the best example for dignation of man. To design the western modernity, it made many uses of mythical literature, ...  Read More

Research Paper
John Hick's Pluralism and Problem of the West in Confrontation with "Conflict between Religions"

Amir Sadeghi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 117-134

Abstract
  Along with the modern age, "conflict between religions" has been introduced as a philosophical problem for which various solutions have been provided in accord to different views of thinkers. The present writing goes to criticize one of such solutions posed by the contemporary English philosopher, John ...  Read More

Research Paper
Question about Hegelian Origin of Fukuyama's "End of History"

Ali Moradkhani

Volume 1, Issue 1 , September 2010, Pages 135-150

Abstract
  The question posed in the present article is that, in spite of the claim posed by Fukuyama himself, how much his "end of history" may be of a Hegelian origin. In this article, as an introduction, some points will be discussed concerning "end" including "end of history"; then, Fukuyama's idea will be ...  Read More