scholarly journals Editor’s Introduction: Amor Narratio

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Maria Tamboukou
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Salient Features ◽  
Narrative Scholarship

In this paper, the editor of this special issue introduces Catherine Kohler Riessman’s festschrift by making connections between its title, amor narratio and the notion of amor mundi in Hannah Arendt’s philosophical thought. The author asks what it is about Riessman’s scholarship that has inspired love for narratives. In doing so she looks at the contradictions in Arendt’s take on love, highlighting understanding and critical thinking as its most salient features, but also as the two main strands that correspond to the notion of amor narratio in Riessman’s narrative scholarship. Amor narratio eventually becomes the red thread that brings together the contributions of this volume in different manifestations and expressions.

Pemikiran Filsafat Islam Jawa Damardjati Supadjar

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sunandar Alwi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Islamic Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
The Universe

This article discusses the thoughts, methods, origins, and influences of Javanese Islamic philosophical thought Damardjati Supadjar. Born in Losari Village, Grabag District, Magelang Regency, March 30, 1940 died 17 February 2014 in Sleman Yogyakarta. The method of thinking is: unique, operational, and testified. The origin and influence of the philosophy of the process were greatly influenced by Whitehead, who developed himself by Damardjati Supadjar who became an (othak-athik gathuk) philosophy. Damardjati Supadjar thoughts about Javanese Islamic philosophy can be seen from the view of nature as sangkan paraning dumadi, which is about the origin and purpose of everything in the universe that comes from God and returns to Him. Humans as khalifatullah mongko ojo dumeh (forbidden from acting arbitrarily). In divinity there is sarira batara (kawula-gusti), that is, humans are only kumawula (servants) who have to melt in the leprosy (God). Then education is ngelmu iku kalakone kanthi laku behavior when the intention to get knowledge must be lived through behavior (the process of seeking knowledge). While morality is critical thinking on the basis of the teaching of acting to be a good human being.

Thanatology Research from Québec: A Different Emphasis

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. Mishara
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Terminal Cancer ◽  
Contextual Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Major Trend ◽  
Sociopolitical Forces

Researchers must be acutely aware of the emotional, environmental, and cultural context of studies as well as the dynamic interactions which are continually changing this context. This characterization of a major trend in French-speaking research in Quebec is well exemplified by the series of lectures on Death, Distress, and Solidarity that gave rise to the articles published in this special issue of Omega. The contributors have attempted to incorporate the best aspects of European critical thinking within an interdisciplinary and contextual approach, showing clear awareness of the sociopolitical forces that affect our relationship with mortality. The author illustrates some of his points by discussing the Kurosawa film, Ikuru, which recounts the transformation of an obsessive bureaucrat after he learns that he has terminal cancer.

Dialogical and Critical Nature of Philosophical Counselling

Human Affairs ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanka Šulavíková
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Socratic Method ◽  
Philosophical Reflection ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Philosophical Counselling ◽  
Dialogic Approach ◽  
German Philosopher ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Platonic Tradition

AbstractThe article looks at critical thinking in philosophical counselling and the concepts upon which it is based. In conceptions that place critical thinking as the basis of philosophical counselling, an important role is played by the Socratic approach to philosophising. The Socratic method in thinking allocates a fundamental role to conversation, and thus to intersubjectivity, and is therefore an alternative to individual ways of thinking. Conversation as philosophical reflection corresponds to the Socratic intersubjective understanding of truth. The author adopts the view of German philosopher H. Schnädelbach who distinguishes between dialogic and doctrinal approaches. The dialogic approach is found in the Socratic-Platonic tradition, while the doctrinal approach is found in Aristotelean approaches. Doctrinal philosophising is premised in the ideal of intersubjectivity which can be achieved by anyone (subjective thought is internalised subjectivity). Philosophical thought as reflection is always implicitly dialogic at the very least. The article considers definitions of critical thinking and provides examples of critical thinking based philosophical counselling from the thinking of Tim LeBon and Elliot D. Cohen, which link both philosophical and psychological approaches. In conclusion it is critical of an excessive focus on rationality in counselling.

scholarly journals Post-national belongings, cosmopolitan becomings and mediating mobilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332098763
Author(s):  
Noel B Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

In this commentary piece, I combine insights gained from the various contributions to this special issue with my own research and understanding to trace the (dis)connections between, on the one hand, (post-)nationalism and its underlying concept of belonging and, on the other hand, cosmopolitanism and its underlying concept of becoming. I pay special attention to the human (im)mobilities mediating these processes. This critical thinking exercise confirms that the relationship between place, collective identity and socio-cultural processes of identification is a contested aspect of social theory. In the discussion, I suggest four points to be addressed in the future if we want to make existing theories about post-national formations and processes of cosmopolitanization more robust against the huge and complex challenges humankind is facing.

scholarly journals CONSTITUTIVE AND DEPICTIVE CREATIVITIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND CRITICAL THINKING

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Huiyuhl YI
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
The Core

This paper expounds two types of creativities in philosophy while exploring several influential philosophical views and thought experiments. The two types of creativities include constitutive creativity and depictive creativity. Constitutive creativity refers to the capabilities required for constructing theoretical equipment or tools needed to constitute the core of a given philosophical thought. It can be assessed in terms of the appropriateness of the theoretical apparatuses used in the target idea. The embodiment of constitutive creativity is often coupled with depictive creativity. Depictive creativity refers to the abilities to cite striking examples or build narratives that support the issue at hand. The assessment of depictive creativity depends on the ingenuity of the examples or stories insofar as they positively contribute to the establishment of the desired conclusion. While elucidating the notions of constitutive and depictive creativities by examining several examples in the literature of philosophy, I highlight that critical thinking operates as the cornerstone on top of which both types of creativities may be built.

scholarly journals Basic characteristics of the development of Serbian philosophical periodicals

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Marinko Lolic
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Basic Characteristics

This work discusses the creation, development, and key characteristics of philosophical periodicals in Serbia, as one of the most important institutional pillars for the development of a philosophical culture. The author shows that Serbian philosophical periodicals played a significant role in the development and dissemination, not only of its primary goal, philosophical culture, but also in building general standards of criticism, necessary for critical thinking in science and our society. At the end of the account, the author emphasizes that Serbian philosophical periodicals, in over a century of development, have managed to establish a broad philosophical communication with various traditions, directions and streams of philosophical thought. However, due to strong ideological breaks in history, it was not able of maintaining the continuity necessary for establishing clear and strong scientific criteria in assessing philosophical output and other philosophical activity in our milieu.

scholarly journals Post-Enlightenment of Leibowitz and al-Jaberi: Philosophy and Religion

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Joshua A. Sabih
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
Philosophy And Religion

The issue of the relation between religion and philosophy has re-surfaced in modern Jewish-Israeli and Arab-Muslim philosophical discourses. Facing unprecedented waves of re-traditionalisation and radicalisation in both Israel and Arab-Muslim societies this issue has become a privileged terrain upon which many ideological, cultural and political “wars” have been waged. In this paper, I shall focus on how two prominent philosophers and public thinkers, Leibowitz (d. 1994) and al-Jaberi (d. 2010), have brought the issue of the relation between faith and reason – and with it critical thinking – back to centre stage by engaging both their own philosophical and theological traditions and European philosophical thought. 

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