Philosophy
Hassan Fathi
Abstract
Emphasizing on the necessity of acquiring knowledge on the soul is common to all schools and religions. Psychology is an important part of the Philosophical Systems for many philosophers which to some extent belongs to Physics and from some aspects belongs to Theology (Metaphysics). A great deal ...
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Emphasizing on the necessity of acquiring knowledge on the soul is common to all schools and religions. Psychology is an important part of the Philosophical Systems for many philosophers which to some extent belongs to Physics and from some aspects belongs to Theology (Metaphysics). A great deal of philosophical literature from the time of Plato and Aristotle to the modern times has been devoted to this subject. In the Book of Healing, actually, Avicenna, followed Aristotle in discussing Psychology as a branch of Physics (Natural sciences). The book titled: The Explanation of the Healing of the Soul written by professor Davood Samadi Amoli is a highly academic, elegant, and educational book on Persian translation, Arabic syntax, philosophical terminology and an explanation of the Book of Healing by Avicenna. However, this book also has some disadvantages which will be mentioned in this paper. The most important shortcoming of the book is that it does not follow the styles of Peripatetic and Avicennism philosophers.
Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Reza Pishghadam; Atena Attaran
Volume 16, Issue 41 , January 2017, , Pages 83-97
Abstract
One of the major sources of psychology in the field of teaching English as foreign language in Iranian universities is a book named The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition written by Zoltan Dornyei. The book was first published in 2005 and ...
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One of the major sources of psychology in the field of teaching English as foreign language in Iranian universities is a book named The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition written by Zoltan Dornyei. The book was first published in 2005 and was later revised in 2015 and published by Routledge. This study thus aims to analyze this book critically due to the importance of psychological issues in teaching English as foreign language. The findings suggested that although Dornyei established a coherent framework for his book, he ignored the socio-cultural effects of society on learners’ psychological aspects. Additionally, they were some concepts, including emotional intelligence, which were left untouched in his book. Finally, the philosophical aspects of concepts being discussed within the book were not addressed or even challenged. Generally speaking, the books limited itself to western studies ignored, the social and cultural elements, and avoided challenging the concepts which can limit readers’ understanding.
