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The question of identity between the restorative and regenerative organ transplantations
No full textThis paper explores implications of organ transplantation on identity and body integrity. It investigates how advancements in transplant technologies can affect and reshape our conception of identity at individual and social levels. The question of identity as a distinctive code for every organism is increasingly becoming important due to the advanced biomedical technologies and its legal, ethical, and social implications. Modes of organ transplantation, in this paper are divided into two major types (i) restorative and (ii) regenerative. Both types have important implications on conception of identity, at various levels, from both biological and social perspectives. While highlighting all these dimensions, this article focuses on implications of restorative organ transplantation on identity based on four specific cases, which are: (i) hand transplantation, (ii) facial transplantation, (iii) reproductive organ transplantation, and (iv) head / body transplantation. Investigating all these cases, the paper has concluded that while the advanced biomedical technology is essential for survival of many lives, application of such technologies must be consistent with moral values and the universal principles for human dignity and body integrity
The Qur`anic approach on science as source of ideas and research motivation
No full textThe main objective of this study is reflection on the Qur`anic approach on science. However, the focus point is to introduce the vital role of scientific discourse in the Qur`an on research motivation. The scientific spirit in Islam today, once again, needs reactivation for investigation in natural and human phenomena. The author holds the view that motivation for research is a subject matter of worldview, which is originally articulated by elements of the religion and culture. The Holy Qur`an presents scientific knowledge in various forms, such as general principals, systemization, and inspiring concepts; and some detailed information. Both, the analytical method of modern science and classical approach of early Muslim intellectuals are utilized in this research. The careful examination of the subject has concluded that maintaining peace, satisfying the basic needs of researchers, and eradication of poverty; are important aspects of research motivation. However, the most strategic factor, in the case of Muslim communities, is mobilization of the spiritual power that provided by the religious sources. The Qur`anic approach on science must utilized to create research spirit on Muslim scientist and scholars. This conclusion was based on many factors: including the fact that the starting point of the Holy Qur`an was revealed for first time in pre-Islamic society of Jahiliyyah, was reconstruction of the worldview and creation of curiosity and creative mind. Secondly; many philosophers of science are deeply aware of religious role on scientific research. For instance, the eminent mind of the modern science, Albert Einstein said: science can be created only by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding, and such feelings lies in the sphere of religion
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
التكامل المعرفي وآفاق تجديد الفكر الإسلامي al-Takamul al-Ma’rifi wa Afaq al-Tajdid al-Fikr al-Islamiyi (Integration of knowledge and prospects of reviving Islamic religious thought)
Full text linkThis book addresses integration of knowledge and prospects of reviving and renewal of the Islamic religious thought
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
The halal food strategy in Islam: Its theoretical foundations and contemporary applications
No full textFood security and food safety are the major concerns of the globalizing community of today. Food resources in the planet earth must be utilized in a manner that would make it capable of satisfying the increasing needs of successive generations. Food safety and food quality are the major means to meet and maintain the final objectives of security. It is fortunate that both of these problems, i.e. food security and safety matters, can be well addressed by halal food theory as originally conceptualized in Islamic law tradition. This is the basic presupposition that the present paper has tried to examine in two basic parts. In addition to the introductory section, the first part of the paper focuses on the fundamentals of halal food theory, whereby the author has made an analytical study /reflection on key concepts and presented the basic principles of halal food theory as introduced / presented by Islamic tradition. The second part of the paper investigates the increasing interest in „halal‟ in the context of global community. It examines the halal food theory as understood and applied by the contemporary food industry and food business. This includes the basic factors behind the contemporary food surge, its complexities, dynamics, its future trends, progress and challenges. The basic question that has been in mind to guide to the relevant conclusions in both parts of the paper was how the halal food strategy can contribute to deal with the above two major problems of food enterprise, i.e. food security as well as food safety
Formation of the systematic mind in the Islamic thought: the case of Ibn Khaldun
No full textThe main objective of this paper is to explain meaning and the general characteristic of systematic mind in Islamic thought, with especial reference to Ibn Khaldun’s approach in his “al-Muqaddimah”. The author holds the view that lack of systematic thought was one of the major causes of scientific decline in Islamic civilization. According to modern information science, the progression from ‘data’ to ‘wisdom’ is the framework for systemization of knowledge which enables human intellect to differentiate the various levels of what we see and what we know in the natural world. This systematic investigation constitutes the foundations of scientific method which differentiates between science and other modes of human knowledge. The systematic mind is a mode of thought which inclined to conform with the scientific method; in addition to its substantial capabilities of extracting the general principles and specific conclusions from individual observations. Abstraction, generalization and systemization are the general characteristics of the systematic mind, which can be formed naturally or acquired by means of experience and learning. These characteristics have enabled the human intellect to be the main source of scientific growth throughout the human history. There are many good examples of systematic mind in Islamic thought, but Ibn Khaldun’s approach in his “Al-Muqadimmah” was substantial. This paper aims to explain how Ibn Khaldun was able to develop the systematic mind based on Qur`anic injunctions and guidelines. Along the way, the paper explains the major implications of systematic thinking on revival of the modern Islamic thought and development of Muslim communities
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