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    Mind-Body Problem from Wittgenstein’s Perspective

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Karimi, Ahmad (Author) ; Hojjat, Mino (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    To provide a stable foundation for human knowledge Descartes presumed that human being is composed of two distinct substances, the mind and the body. But, the solution through which he wanted to explain the correlation between these substances, was not accepted by other philosophers, and thereafter this problem was known as mind-body problem. This problem arises some other philosophical problems including solipsism and the problem of other minds. In this thesis, considering the grammar of such words like memory, understanding, and thinking I will show that having an exact description of these concepts we would be able to escape from these inclination to seek something behind these words, and... 

    On Mathematical Logic and Art

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Shirkhani, Mehrak (Author) ; Ardeshir, Mohammad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Mathematical logic claims to have a model for various kinds of thinking (mathematical, philosophical, scientific and...) which can provide us with a language at the same time. The relation between art and logic, when art is defined on its own, is somewhat unexplored, as opposed to when it's defined scientifically or philosophically. There are arguments in the literature asserting that art cannot fit into the frame of mathematical logic. The inter-connection between thinking and art has been fairly investigated, even though it's been mainly believed that art is more engaged with emotions rather than rationality; thinking about artistic value, artistic credibility, proof in art, etc... It's...