Religious Language in the Philosophy of al-Fārābī and Avicenna: A Conceptual Metaphor Approach

Islamic Theolinguistics : An Extended Outline

This paper introduces and explores the concept of Islamic Theolinguistics, an epistemological framework that examines the relationship between language, human consciousness, and Divine revelation. Contemporary linguistic and philosophical paradigms have shifted away from simple referentiality, demonstrating that langua...

Divine Agency, Will and Freedom in Avicenna

One of the main criticisms directed at Avicenna’s conception of God in the history of Islamic thought is the claim that he conceived of God as an essentially necessitating cause (mūjib bi-l-dhāt) and thereby eliminated divine will and freedom. This criticism, systematized especially by al-Ghazālī in Tahāfut al-Falāsifa...

The Eternity of the World in Islamic and Christian Thought: A Comparative Study of al-Rāzī and Aquinas

This article compares medieval Islamic and Christian debates on the eternity of the world, focusing on Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and Thomas Aquinas. It examines how revelation, philosophical reasoning, and inherited theological interpretations shaped different understandings of creation. The discussion considers whether cre...

Religious Tolerance and Harmony in the Context of Iqbal's Thought

Religion and alienation: towards posing of the probleme

In the philosophy of religion, the theme of alienation is used rather narrowly, mainly in connection with its sociocentric interpretations, as well as in the context of German classical idealism and materialism. In fact, it turns out that the phenomena behind alienation theories are fundamental and quite universal in t...

Syncretism of myths in traditional Tuvan culture: a philosophical and anthropological analysis

The subject of this article is a philosophical and anthropological analysis of the syncretism of myths in traditional Tuvan culture. The work reveals the essence of the Tuvan people’s mythological worldview, which, unlike the European rationalist tradition, is based on the inseparable unity of man and nature, the subje...