The present book examines the relationship between science, values, metaphysics, and culture. In the section devoted to the philosophy of science. The characteristics of the positivistic epistemology, as well as the critical views of Popper and Cohen regarding the influence of meta-scientific affairs such as values and metaphysics on science, are carefully examined. Reviewing the ideas of such sociologists of knowledge as Marx, Dilthey, Nietzsche, Max Scheler, and Karl Mannheim, as well as the strong project in the sociology of knowledge and the social identity of knowledge, are examined in another section. Investigating the role of presuppositions in understanding through examining hermeneutics and viewpoints of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, and Gadamer is another issue which is fully discussed in a separate section.

Mohsen Abbasnejad 1972-Mashhad Mohsen Abbasnejad was taken his BS in Mechanical Engineering but continued his studies in Philosophy. Having studied Islamic Jurisprudence and Usool in seminary under the great contemporary jurist and philosophy under a distinguished philosopher of the eastern world, he passed the highest levels of the seminary with flying colors. Having authored a number of works in such field as philosophy, philosophy of science and Hadith, and Jurisprudence, Abbasnejad is now serving on Quran and epistemology, and the director of the Quranic Research Foundation. In addition to penning a six-volume collection on the basics of inter-relating science and the religion, some of his other books are as follow: -Principles and basics of the Quran and Modern Science, -Imam Ali (A.S.) Managerial Approach, -Imam Ali (A.S.) Personal Lifestyle, -Basic Rights within religious Approach, -Some Elaborations on the Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (3 Vols.)