Conatus - Journal of Philosophy

Sep 2026

On the Differentiation Between Morality and Politics: Reassessing the Idea of the Axial Age

The idea of the Axial Age was introduced by Karl Jaspers in his 1949 book on The Origin and Goal of History . Its main contention is that comparable yet independent ideas of transcendence emerged between 800 and 200 BCE in China and India (Buddhism and Hinduism), Persia (Zoroastrism), Greece (classical philosophy),...

Daniel Chernilo · History of the Human Science... · 0 citations

Open access Aug 2026

Communicating Faith Across Divides: The Role of Theological Language in Ecumenical Dialogue

This article examines the role of theological language in ecumenical dialogue, arguing that Christian division is not only a doctrinal or institutional problem but also a problem of mutual intelligibility. Theological language functions both as a bearer of revelation and as a marker of confessional identity; therefore,...

Rajmund Porada · Religions · 0 citations

Sep 2026

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...

Muammer İskenderoğlu · Hikmet · 0 citations

Open access Aug 2026

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...

Mansoureh Hashemi · Indonesian Journal of Islami... · 0 citations

Open access Sep 2026

Confucianism and Chinese Philosophy through the Eyes of Western Scholarship

This paper critically examines the challenges and methodological problems in Western interpretations of Confucianism and Chinese philosophy in general. It argues that many such studies are shaped by unreflective Western epistemological assumptions, rooted in historically specific paradigms and power relations. To overc...

Jana S. Rošker · Asian Studies · 0 citations

Review Open access Sep 2026

Axiality and Pluralism: Karl Jaspers and the Search for a Global Philosophy of Religion

The paper addresses the concepts of globality, universality, and pluralism in contemporary philosophy of religion. We argue that embracing a form of pluralism is essential to meet the growing demand for inclusivity in the philosophical study of religions, although this does not equate with any rejection of the clas...

Marco Barbieri · Topoi · 0 citations