Ilham Abbasi
Abstract
As one of the most serious problems of epistemology, the problem of other minds is rooted in Descartes’ dualism. Since his times, several solutions to the problem have been suggested, but none of them can solve it. In contrary to classic philosophy and analytical philosophy, Heidegger believes ...
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As one of the most serious problems of epistemology, the problem of other minds is rooted in Descartes’ dualism. Since his times, several solutions to the problem have been suggested, but none of them can solve it. In contrary to classic philosophy and analytical philosophy, Heidegger believes that the origin of this problem and provided solutions to respond it, like many other epistemological problems, is the incorrect analysis on human and world and their mutual relations. Instead of addressing to the problem of other minds as an epistemological one, Heidegger refers to the ontological foundations that raise to such problems. By phenomenological study of human and world, Heidegger transfers the problem of other minds from epistemology to ontology. Based on his analysis, all humans are in a public world constituted by a context of life equipments and they encounter others by concerning this world in a pragmatic relation. Such encountering leaves no room for epistemological doubt about others.
Mohammadreza Esmkhani
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One of the main issues in explaining the phenomenon of diversity of religions in the world is the issue of religions ranking; i.e. the question of whether religions are essentially comparable or not! And if it is comparable, what is the criterion and criterion of this comparison? It seems that the border ...
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One of the main issues in explaining the phenomenon of diversity of religions in the world is the issue of religions ranking; i.e. the question of whether religions are essentially comparable or not! And if it is comparable, what is the criterion and criterion of this comparison? It seems that the border between two different positions in explaining the phenomenon of religious plurality, namely relativism and religious pluralism, comes from the accuracy of the issue of religions ranking. In this article, we will speak of two main representatives of these two trends by proposing and examining this problem and among the religious relativists we refer to Ernest Troeltsch and to John Hick from religious pluralism. This article seeks to put these two theories together and remind them of their similarities and reveal their fundamental differences. Briefly, it can be noted that the major similarity between Troeltsch and Hick is to rely on cultural categories in the consistency of religious awareness, while the fundamental difference between them is the observation of objectivity or subjectivity in their grading criteria. In the end, Hick claims that although religions are comparable in principle, but practically the result of this comparing is the equivalence of religion’s Truth-claims, while Troeltsch says it's basically impossible to compare religions, اowever, in his original statements, he clearly states that in practice, Christianity is superior to other religions. Of course, in his later remarks, he reviews this result and claims that religions are only relative in absolute terms and he claims absolute religions are relative only.
mehdi zakeri; Ilham Abbasi
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The problem of "other minds" as one of the most serious epistemological problems in philosophy derives from Descartes' dualism. Since then, several solutions have been proposed for this issue. But each of these solutions faced with some problems. In contrast to the classical philosophy and the tradition ...
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The problem of "other minds" as one of the most serious epistemological problems in philosophy derives from Descartes' dualism. Since then, several solutions have been proposed for this issue. But each of these solutions faced with some problems. In contrast to the classical philosophy and the tradition of analytic philosophy, Heidegger describes the origin of this problem and the solutions, to which it has been addressed, Heidegger's inaccurate analysis of man, the world, and the relation between the two, as well as many other epistemological issues. Heidegger transmits and dissolves the problem of other minds from the scope of epistemology to the ontological domain. His approach shows how an unrealistic and illegitimate problem arising from the inaccurate analysis of man and the world, and the relationship between the two, has become an epistemic and undisputed problem. Heidegger shows that not only this issue, but any other epistemological problem, can only be found in a particular kind of ontology. Self-disciplined subject is only in traditional philosophy that wanders in determining its mission to the world and others. According to her analysis, every human being is with others and he faces others in practical life. This encounter does not leave an epistemic controversy in others.
