A Scrutiny of the Influence of Iranian Thought upon Plato by Mahdi Monfared

“…My attention is attracted toward some western philosophy historians' views pertaining to the origin and provenance of philosophy. …”
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Catastrophic aftermath: the loss of sight as a process of becoming posthuman in contemporary audiovisual culture by Charvát, Martin

“…In contemporary audiovisual production (mainly the Apple TV series See), the theme of the loss of sight due to (environmental) catastrophe becomes a symptom for the analysis of the disintegration and revival of a world that has deterritorialized due to the exploitative demands of postmodern capitalism, thus de facto marking the end of the so-called Anthropocene era. If Western philosophy traditionally defines man as an animal possessing reason and at the same time an animal in which the different senses are in balance, the loss of sight and the respective post-apocalyptic environment in which survivors exist without the possibility of seeing, on the one hand, outlines a process that could seemingly be considered degenerative or decadent: without sight, man is not man and approaches the animal. …”

The Rise of the "Other" and the Fall of the "Self":from Hegel to Derrida by Mohammad Asghari, Bayan Karimy

“…Since time immemorial, due to its metaphysically grounded perspective, western philosophy has not been able to detach itself from the egoistic outlook, and thus, the interaction with the "other” had no role in this philosophy. …”
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Different Approaches to Chinese Aesthetics by Téa Sernelj

“…The fundamental goal of this significant movement is to re-evaluate and re-examine the profound contents of Chinese thought in contemporary socio-political conditions through a dialogue with Western philosophy. The representatives of Modern Confucianism of the 20th century hoped that the encounter with the Western intellectual tradition would serve as a platform for modernization of Chinese culture on the one hand, and as a way to achieve the recognition of the West for the profound value of the Chinese intellectual tradition on the other. …”
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Challenges of the Ethiopian education system from 1908 to 1990s. A historical analysis by Fekede Sileshi Fufa, Ketebo Abdiyo Ensene

“…The results of data analysis revealed that Ethiopia's education system has faced many challenges since its inception, including the influence of Western philosophy, shortage of skilled manpower, lack of quality textbooks preparation, problems related with the language of instruction, spatial coverage of education, lack of consistency in the implementation of educational reforms, scarcity of budget, failure of integration of Ethiopian indigenous knowledge into modern education system. …”
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The Position of Sense in Ibn Sina's Epistemology (The Empiricism of Avicenna) by Mostafa Momeni

“…In the present article, I argue that the role of sense in Ibn Sina's epistemological system is very significant although the I would not consider Ibn Sina  as an empiricist in the sense that Hume is in the Western philosophy. Rather, I consider Ibn Sina empiricism similar to  the theory of Locke. …”
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Mystical Awakening (Yaqzah) and Being-Mindfulness: Towards a Comparative Understanding of the Mystical Relevance of the Ontological Philosophies of Heidegger and Sadra by Beytollah Naderlew, Bidhendi Mohammad, Mohammad Javad Safian

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Motahhari and the Refutation of Idealism by Abdurrazzaq Hesamifar

“…Since 17th century, western philosophy experienced a basic change in philosophical research and discussing the formation of knowledge and its validity became the most important problem in philosophy. …”
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Into the wild: uncertain frontiers and sustainable human–nature interactions by Jennifer Patterson

“…How the wild and nature have been constructed and demarcated is an enormously complex and enduring challenge in western philosophy as it relates to knowledge-making, existence, truth, and reality. …”
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El origen de la violencia según E. Lévinas by Manuel Losada Sierra

“…Abstract: This article intends to show philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' criticisrn of Western philosophy, which he strongly condemns as violent and unfair because it places the subject as giver of meaning from which the world outside him is understood. …”
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Investigating the Role of "Machine" on Changing the Meaning of "Place" in Modern Utopias by Seyed Sajjad Shariati, Mohammadreza ArabBafrani

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Characterizing ‘New Korean Confucianism’: Focusing on Pak Chonghong and Yi Sang-ŭn’s Life and Thought by Xing-Ai Gao, So-Yi Chung

“…Although the two thinkers differed in their approaches—Pak studied Western philosophy and Yi Chinese New Confucianism—they devoted their life to uncovering and systematizing the distinctive structure of Korean traditional philosophy and thereby laid the cornerstone of New Korean Confucianism.…”
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Anxiety, “Concerned Consciousness” and Their Manifestation in the COVID-19 Pandemic in China by Téa Sernelj

“…The author shows that this concept can be compared to the feeling of anxiety, but highlights important differences which separate it from the anxiety as developed and understood in the framework of modern Western philosophy. The paper aims to provide some preliminary answers to the questions of whether and in what way such a traditional feeling of anxiety in the sense of a “concerned consciousness” manifested itself in the period of social isolation that was implemented as a part of the government measures for the COVID-19 pandemic in China. …”
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The greatest good for the greatest number of people: an Islamic philosophical analysis by Jalil, Md. Abdul, Mohammed Kamil, Naail, Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur

“…The objective of this paper is to critically analyze the possibility of harmonization of the western philosophy ‘the greatest good for the greatest number of people’ with Islamic jurisprudential principles ‘al-maslahah al-mursalah’ and ‘istihsan’. …”
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The critique of Kantian Epistemology in the early religious philosophy of S. L. Frank by Moore, H

“…Frank remains drastically undiscovered in Western philosophy of religion and his highly original and carefully developed epistemology deserves a thorough examination.…”

Relationship between Consciousness and Self-Consciousness: Criticism of Kriegel’s Viewpoint with Regard to Avicenna’s Thoughts by Hossein Zamaniha

“…Kriegel’s viewpoint has a long background in the history of western philosophy inasmuch as its roots can be traced back to Aristotle’s philosophy. …”
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Public service excellence based on the Islamic values by Davoud Hoseinpour, MohammadAli Rasulzadeh Darbandi Ghadim, Ali Asghar Pourezzat, Vajhollah Ghorbanizadeh

“…Finally, the distinction between the excellence of public services in the Islamic value system and the scientific approach in Western philosophy has been discussed. Originality/ Value: Due to lack of a featured model in this field, the present study seeks to outline the components for Islamic pattern of public service excellence through which governors are able to identify the criteria for an excellent service delivery and the indicators of excellence within their executive unit.…”
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Two Letters from the Correspondence of V.E. Sesemann and B.D. Dandaron by Sergei P. Nesterkin

“…Sesemann lectured on a wide range of areas in Western philosophy, including aesthetics, the history of philosophy, and philosophical anthropology. …”
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The Heideggerian Ontology and The Exposure of The Being in the “Poetic Dwelling” by Marius CUCU, Oana LENŢA

“…Therefore, for more than two thousand years, the tradition of Western philosophy would discuss Being, but in reality the concept at stake was that of being. …”
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Aristotle’s Unanswered Questions: Women and Slaves in Politics 1252a-1260b by Holt N. Parker

“…Thus we reach the master trope of Western philosophy: man is spirit/culture, woman is matter/nature. …”
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