Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hodjati; kasra Farsian
Abstract
It is obvious that things are subject to change in our world. For example, the nib of a pencil may be broken; however, the pencil is the same pencil as before, with the only change that its nib is now broken. However, the problem is not so simple. During the history of metaphysics, there have been those- ...
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It is obvious that things are subject to change in our world. For example, the nib of a pencil may be broken; however, the pencil is the same pencil as before, with the only change that its nib is now broken. However, the problem is not so simple. During the history of metaphysics, there have been those- such as Parmenides, Melissus, Zenon, McTaggart, Geach, Russell- who rejected change and motion in such a customary sense. On the other hand, philosophers’ mainstream has tried to represent views and sound arguments for the existence of motion and change, for instance, Aristotelian-Avicennian approach is one of the most important of them. The peripatetic account relies on the distinction of essence and accidence and develops its theory of motion. In this paper we try to show that both positive and negative approaches mentioned above are defeated; their defeat is not due to the weakness of their arguments but is rooted in the wrong logic selected for the base of their metaphysics. This paper is an endeavor to show the advantage of paraconsistent logic relative to classical logic in explaining the problem of change.
Mohammad Hossein Esfandiari
Abstract
The analytic- synthetic distinction is one of the most important topics in modern philosophy, the scope of which has been traced in contemporary analytic philosophy. This distinction has led to disputes and conflicts among philosophers, so that in a general classification, analytic philosophers can be ...
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The analytic- synthetic distinction is one of the most important topics in modern philosophy, the scope of which has been traced in contemporary analytic philosophy. This distinction has led to disputes and conflicts among philosophers, so that in a general classification, analytic philosophers can be divided into friends and foes of this distinction. There are few works in Persian in the field of analytic philosophy. About the mentioned distinction, there is almost no serious writing or even translation that only focuses on this distinction. But not long ago, in 2019, a book titled The Nature and Role of Analytic and Synthetic Propositions in Logic and Epistemology was written by one of the seminary and university scholars. This book is the selected work in the year book of the seminary. Having said that, it should be expected that the first book in this topic will be an accurate and serious book. What follows is focused on the critical review on this book. Of course, this review should be accompanied by clarifications and reconstructions, which this article has tried in this direction as well.
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