Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Articles

The Construction of Intelligence in Terms of Cultural Differences between East and West

31 December 2007 | Alice Bolton | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

As human beings, we live in societies that create their own systems of meanings through the process known as culture. This system of meanings is encoded in language and other symbols and maintained by a set of institutions over time (Serpell 1994). As cultural differences continue to be an importa…

Quantum Entanglement: Illusion or Reality?

31 December 2007 | Suleyman Candaroglu | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Science has always influenced philosophy. Trivial and not instantaneous effects of change in scientific thought eventually result in changes in social thought. For example, by the end of the nineteenth century, the classical sciences had been developed so rigorously that they became dominant in the…

The Wonderer

31 December 2007 | Ozgur Yilmaz | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

When you travel long enough and become a stranger to every land you step on, you stop having a journey, but the journey starts having you. A motorcycle passes by very close with a groovy sound and disturbs the balance of my bicycle. I see the rider with leather jacket, leather pants and leather eve…

A Communitarian Imperative: Fethullah Gulen's Model of Modern Turkey

31 December 2007 | Mark Scheel | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

If there has been one great political lesson the twentieth century has taught us, surely it is the undeniable truth of Lord Acton’s dictum, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” We have seen notable examples in our recent history. It would seem only logical, then, that a…

Descent from the Ivory Tower

31 December 2007 | Seth Mette | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Refugee in a tower of agony Hungry for ceaseless beauty In love with eternity Refugee in a tower of agony In an early, rainy morning When the birds started singing He woke into a vision crying In an early, rainy morning Stepping down the hill slowly Pondering over his troubles calmly He w…

The Relationship between Our Prayers and Deeds

31 December 2007 | Hikmet Isik | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

What are the ways of internalizing good ethical conduct and high virtues so as to make them a part of our nature? Virtues such as sincerity (ikhlas1), loyalty, refraining from backbiting or suspicion2 are among the essentials of good conduct every believing person must adopt. I think everybody agr…

The Nature of the Closeness of God

31 December 2007 | Sophia Gallant | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Is God close to human beings? If so, how close is He? Or is defining Him in terms of His distance from the creation impossible? Perhaps we should question our own remoteness and ask, “Are we close to God?” The spiritual tradition of Islam holds that God is always close to us, but it is we who put u…

Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Articles

Building Bridges

Language and Thought

The Cell Bank of Our Body: Stem Cells

Islam and Democracy: A Critical Perspective on a Misconstrued Relationship

Blue Light, Daytime Sleep and the Prophetic Tradition

What Fuzzy Logic Lets Us Think

Beware of ''Others''

Who Wants a Transformer?

Halwat and Uzlat (Privacy And Seclusion)

Do Not Underestimate Small Things

Peer Instruction: A Better Way to Learn

Rainbow

Citadel of the Self: Incompleteness Theorem

The Construction of Intelligence in Terms of Cultural Differences between East and West

Quantum Entanglement: Illusion or Reality?

The Wonderer

A Communitarian Imperative: Fethullah Gulen's Model of Modern Turkey

Descent from the Ivory Tower

The Relationship between Our Prayers and Deeds

The Nature of the Closeness of God

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