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A critique of the Barbour’s Science-Religion typology and its application to the history of theol... more A critique of the Barbour’s Science-Religion typology and its application to the history of theology and science in Islam
Essays by Zoheir Mirkarimi
Asking about personal identity and its implications are of central questions in metaphysics, phil... more Asking about personal identity and its implications are of central questions in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and undoubtedly theology and eschatology. The essential components of this enquiry can be articulated by these questions: Who am I? What am I constituted of? What does differentiate me from others? How do I persist through time? Based on the responses to these enquiries various philosophical accounts of personal identity have been shaped: Substance Dualism, Property Dualism, Predicate Dualism, Continuity of Consciousness, Psychological Continuity, Bundle Theory, and No-Self Theory, to name a few. One of the essential problems in personal identity is identity persistence through time. This problem, which can be articulated as identicalness of an individual at time T1 to an individual at time T2, has significant implications for subsequent questions in the fields of ethics and philosophy of law. The proposed resolution for this problem brings out its practical consequences in ethics, agency, and responsibility.
As a response and alternative to Cartesian dualism, behaviourism was the widely accepted interpre... more As a response and alternative to Cartesian dualism, behaviourism was the widely accepted interpretation of human mind activities for most of the twentieth-century. Ryle as an analytical behaviourism philosopher argued that mental terms represent the style of behaviours or dispositions, not the internal states (Ryle, 2009, pp. 1-13).
Descartes' explore for certainty started out with doubts. He professed that as he had admitted ma... more Descartes' explore for certainty started out with doubts. He professed that as he had admitted many false opinions as true, his knowledge is dubitable; hence his beliefs are based on unsettled assumptions. Thus, he decided to reconstruct his views upon sound principles. Descartes wisely undermined the foundations of his
arguably one of the most prominent living moral philosophers, has discussed moral status of anima... more arguably one of the most prominent living moral philosophers, has discussed moral status of animals in his seminal work 'Animal Liberation'. In that book, he shed light on the various types of abuses human-animals carrying out on non-human animals. He innovatively coined the term 'speciesism' to point out the same fallacious reasoning humans use to abuses of non-human animals. He expressed that speciesism -belief in the superiority of one species over others -follows the same unsound rationale that 'sexism' and 'racism' did. In other words, the belief that whites are superior to blacks, and Caucasoid race to native Indians, is similar to the idea that humans are superiors to non-human animals. Speciesism allows
Before proposing my opinion on the challenging question of righteous or wrongfulness of euthanasi... more Before proposing my opinion on the challenging question of righteous or wrongfulness of euthanasia, I have to clarify what I meant by this term by declaring the definition I do agree with that. Like many other terms, euthanasia has various meanings depending on the context and usage.
Epicurus (341-270 BC), whom Epicurean philosophy named after him, based his opinion on the instit... more Epicurus (341-270 BC), whom Epicurean philosophy named after him, based his opinion on the institution of pleasure as the humans' primary real good. In his viewpoint, a good life is one that in which pleasure -to be particular, pleasures with the subtraction of pains-is maximised. To do so, we
Descartes' intellectual journey toward certainty commenced with a systemic doubt. He confessed th... more Descartes' intellectual journey toward certainty commenced with a systemic doubt. He confessed that his knowledge is dubious because he had accepted many false opinions as true. So he decided to demolish the whole structure of his knowledge and to reconstruct it on unshakeable principles
Translations by Zoheir Mirkarimi
This is an English to Persian translation of a book review by Johannes Zachhuber on Peter Gosh's ... more This is an English to Persian translation of a book review by Johannes Zachhuber on Peter Gosh's book "Max Weber and 'The Protestant Ethic': Twin Histories" that published in Marginalia website.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Gordon Graham in the Oxford Universi... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Gordon Graham in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Nicholas Jolley published in the Oxf... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Nicholas Jolley published in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by John E. Hare in the Oxford Universit... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by John E. Hare in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Alexander Douglas in the Oxford Univ... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Alexander Douglas in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Asma Afsaruddin in the Oxford Univer... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Asma Afsaruddin in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Michael Ruse in the Oxford Universit... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Michael Ruse in the Oxford University Press's blog regarding his recently published book 'Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know.'
Book Reviews by Zoheir Mirkarimi
This is a brief summary of 'God's Command' authored by John Hare.
A critique of the Barbour’s Science-Religion typology and its application to the history of theol... more A critique of the Barbour’s Science-Religion typology and its application to the history of theology and science in Islam
Asking about personal identity and its implications are of central questions in metaphysics, phil... more Asking about personal identity and its implications are of central questions in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and undoubtedly theology and eschatology. The essential components of this enquiry can be articulated by these questions: Who am I? What am I constituted of? What does differentiate me from others? How do I persist through time? Based on the responses to these enquiries various philosophical accounts of personal identity have been shaped: Substance Dualism, Property Dualism, Predicate Dualism, Continuity of Consciousness, Psychological Continuity, Bundle Theory, and No-Self Theory, to name a few. One of the essential problems in personal identity is identity persistence through time. This problem, which can be articulated as identicalness of an individual at time T1 to an individual at time T2, has significant implications for subsequent questions in the fields of ethics and philosophy of law. The proposed resolution for this problem brings out its practical consequences in ethics, agency, and responsibility.
As a response and alternative to Cartesian dualism, behaviourism was the widely accepted interpre... more As a response and alternative to Cartesian dualism, behaviourism was the widely accepted interpretation of human mind activities for most of the twentieth-century. Ryle as an analytical behaviourism philosopher argued that mental terms represent the style of behaviours or dispositions, not the internal states (Ryle, 2009, pp. 1-13).
Descartes' explore for certainty started out with doubts. He professed that as he had admitted ma... more Descartes' explore for certainty started out with doubts. He professed that as he had admitted many false opinions as true, his knowledge is dubitable; hence his beliefs are based on unsettled assumptions. Thus, he decided to reconstruct his views upon sound principles. Descartes wisely undermined the foundations of his
arguably one of the most prominent living moral philosophers, has discussed moral status of anima... more arguably one of the most prominent living moral philosophers, has discussed moral status of animals in his seminal work 'Animal Liberation'. In that book, he shed light on the various types of abuses human-animals carrying out on non-human animals. He innovatively coined the term 'speciesism' to point out the same fallacious reasoning humans use to abuses of non-human animals. He expressed that speciesism -belief in the superiority of one species over others -follows the same unsound rationale that 'sexism' and 'racism' did. In other words, the belief that whites are superior to blacks, and Caucasoid race to native Indians, is similar to the idea that humans are superiors to non-human animals. Speciesism allows
Before proposing my opinion on the challenging question of righteous or wrongfulness of euthanasi... more Before proposing my opinion on the challenging question of righteous or wrongfulness of euthanasia, I have to clarify what I meant by this term by declaring the definition I do agree with that. Like many other terms, euthanasia has various meanings depending on the context and usage.
Epicurus (341-270 BC), whom Epicurean philosophy named after him, based his opinion on the instit... more Epicurus (341-270 BC), whom Epicurean philosophy named after him, based his opinion on the institution of pleasure as the humans' primary real good. In his viewpoint, a good life is one that in which pleasure -to be particular, pleasures with the subtraction of pains-is maximised. To do so, we
Descartes' intellectual journey toward certainty commenced with a systemic doubt. He confessed th... more Descartes' intellectual journey toward certainty commenced with a systemic doubt. He confessed that his knowledge is dubious because he had accepted many false opinions as true. So he decided to demolish the whole structure of his knowledge and to reconstruct it on unshakeable principles
This is an English to Persian translation of a book review by Johannes Zachhuber on Peter Gosh's ... more This is an English to Persian translation of a book review by Johannes Zachhuber on Peter Gosh's book "Max Weber and 'The Protestant Ethic': Twin Histories" that published in Marginalia website.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Gordon Graham in the Oxford Universi... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Gordon Graham in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Nicholas Jolley published in the Oxf... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Nicholas Jolley published in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by John E. Hare in the Oxford Universit... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by John E. Hare in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Alexander Douglas in the Oxford Univ... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Alexander Douglas in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Asma Afsaruddin in the Oxford Univer... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Asma Afsaruddin in the Oxford University Press's blog.
This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Michael Ruse in the Oxford Universit... more This is an English to Persian translation of a commentary by Michael Ruse in the Oxford University Press's blog regarding his recently published book 'Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know.'
This is a brief summary of 'God's Command' authored by John Hare.
