Vol. 8 No. 030 (2019): Issue 030

غلاف العدد 30 من دورية تبيّن

Issue 30 of Tabayyun (2019) includes the following studies and articles: “On the Primacy of Understanding Over Method” (Azmi Bishara); “(Natural) Events and (Human) Actions: How Can the Relationship between the Natural and the Social be Understood?” (Raja Bahlul); “Social Philosophy: A Study of the Concept, Theory and Ties” (Zwawi Beghoura); “Epistemological Consequences of the Fact/Value Dichotomy for Methodology of the Social Sciences” (Mounir Tibaoui); “Humanities: Methods and Strategic Studies to Achieve Human Objectives.” (Lahbib Habachi); “Contemporary Perspectives of the Umma: An Analytical Study of the Umma in Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought by Nasif Nassar” (Mohamed Abdel Wahab); “The Philosophy of Ibn Beja and its impact by George Zinati” (Abdul-Hakim Shubat).

Published: 2019-05-01

Studies

  • On the Primacy of Understanding Over Method

    Author: Azmi Bishara
    7-30

    An analytical approach based on theory is a worthy methodology in the social sciences and humanities. The problem of research in our cultural context is not in the discussion of technicalities,...

  • (Natural) Events and (Human) Actions: How Can the Relationship between the Natural and the Social be Understood?

    Author: Raja Bahlul
    31-54

    This paper discusses the concept of human (social) action. It attempts to explain the relation between physical (observable) aspects of human action, and those aspects which are commonly...

  • Social Philosophy: A Study of the Concept, Theory and Ties

    Author: Zwawi Beghoura
    55-78

    This research aims to answer the following questions: What is the concept of social philosophy? What is the theory about the relationship between values and facts? What is its relationship with...

  • Epistemological Consequences of the Fact/Value Dichotomy for Methodology of the Social Sciences

    Author: Mounir Tibaoui
    79-100

    This paper addresses Hilary Putnam's criticism of the fact/value dichotomy established by Hume and developed by logical empiricists. It draws out the epistemological implications of this...

  • Humanities: Methods and Strategic Studies to Achieve Human Objectives.

    Author: Lahbib Habachi
    101-128

    The emergence of contemporary scientific revolutions has re-posed the problem of social sciences and humanities methods in the light of new open-ended epistemological approaches that are no...

Book Reviews

  • Contemporary Perspectives of the Umma: An Analytical Study of the Umma in Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought by Nasif Nassar

    Author: Mohamed Abdel Wahab
    131-138

    Author's Name: Nassif Nassar Book Title: Contemporary Perspectives On the Umma: An Analytical Study of the Umma in Modern and Contemporary Arab Thought Publisher: Arab Center for Research and...

  • The Philosophy of Ibn Beja and its impact by George Zinati

    Author: Abdul-Hakim Shubat
    139-144

    The Philosophy of Ibn Beja and its impact by George Zinati Abdul-Hakim Shubat