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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

2 years

I am thrilled to announce that my short monograph, 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒎, is now online and free to download for 2 weeks.

Necessary Existence and Monotheism

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Necessary Existence and Monotheism

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

3 years

COMING SOON to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: My entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" It is now in the queue for the production and publication process!

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

3 years

I am thrilled to announce that my SEP entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" is now online.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

1 year

No less than a treasure for everyone interested in Islamic philosophy. An open-access treasure! :)

The Heirs of Avicenna: Philosophy in the Islamic East, 12-13th Centuries

"The Heirs of Avicenna: Philosophy in the Islamic East, 12-13th Centuries" published on 25 Sep 2023 by Brill.

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9 months

Unboxing day!

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@mszarepour

11 months

This is just out! Looking forward to receiving my copies. @Routledge_Phil

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@mszarepour

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This is just out! Looking forward to receiving my copies. @Routledge_Phil

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

1 year

My edited collection, 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐸𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, is now available for pre-order. True, too expensive! The paperback version will be less expensive.

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@mszarepour

1 year

And it is here now! Can't wait to read it! @HistPhilosophy

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

In one of my dreams, I was the author of this OVSI. But reality is sometimes much better than dreams! :)

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@mszarepour

3 years

Look who's here! @HistPhilosophy @OUPPhilosophy

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@mszarepour

3 years

Coming soon! @CambridgeUP @CambUP_Religion @CambUP_PHILNYUK @OfficialUoM @uomsoss @MancPhilosophy

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@mszarepour

1 year

I am humbled and honoured to learn that I have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in Philosophy and Theology. Many thanks to @uomsoss for nominating me and to @LeverhulmeTrust for recognising my work.

The Leverhulme Trust

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@amiasrinivasan

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5 months

Manuscript submitted. Probation completed. Promoted to Senior Lecturer.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

6 months

You can now download it for free. Just click on the PDF icon in the link below:

Global Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion: From Religious Experience to the Afterlife

Abstract. The philosophy of religion is a discipline that explores a wide range of issues related to religious beliefs and practices. However, the field ha

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

9 months

And it has a cover now!

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

1 year

My edited collection, 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐸𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, is now available for pre-order. True, too expensive! The paperback version will be less expensive.

Islamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic Perspectives

This volume focuses on Islamic philosophy of religion with a range of contributions from analytic perspectives. It opens with methodological discussions on the relationship between the history of...

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

A difficult week is ending with some delightful news. Two papers are accepted for publication: "Avicenna on Empty Intentionality: A Case Study in Analytical Avicennianism" is forthcoming in 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 and /

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

6 months

1/ Najm al-Dīn al-Kātibī’s 𝘈𝘭-𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘢̄𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘭-𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘪𝘺𝘺𝘢𝘩 has been the most widely read introduction to logic in the Arabic-speaking world. This book is now edited and translated into English by Tony Street, the supervisor of my second PhD.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

4 months

My paper 'No Easy Road to PSR' has been accepted in JPhil. It's interesting that the two best journals that have ever accepted my papers (i.e., JPhil and AJP) did so without asking for any revisions, while less competitive journals have asked for 2-3 rounds of revisions.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

We finally met in person! And—thanks to @CUPAcademic and @CambUP_Religion —they are more beautiful than I thought.

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

I am thrilled to announce that my short monograph, 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒎, is now online and free to download for 2 weeks.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

The latest issue of 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒔. All articles are free to download until the end of the year.

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@mszarepour

1 year

Just updated the outline of my Islamic Philosophy course. So far 68 students have registered to attend this second-year course this year. Looking forward to meeting them next week!

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@mszarepour

3 years

Although I will definitely miss @yujinnagasawa and the great team of @GlobalPhilRel , I am thrilled to join @MancPhilosophy ! Can't wait to work with them!

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3 years

I will be giving a talk tomorrow. Does the fact that God now knows that I will give a talk tomorrow entail that I am not free in giving this talk? One way to know Fārābī's answer to this question is to attend my talk!

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@mszarepour

11 months

My SEP entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" is translated into Spanish by Karen Martínez García and publsihed in the latest issue of 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘢: 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘪́𝘢 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢́𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢 (Vol. 7, pp. 32-56).

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@mszarepour

3 years

I am thrilled to announce that my SEP entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" is now online.

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Finally met in person!

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@mszarepour

6 months

You can now download it for free. Just click on the PDF icon in the link below:

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@mszarepour

3 years

Thrilled that my paper, "Classical Islamic Conceptions of God and Revelation: God Is Not a Person but Can Speak", is published in this volume along with papers by leading philosophers of religion like R. Swinburne, J. Kvanvig, M. Wynn, & Y. Nagasawa.

The Divine Nature: Personal and A-Personal Perspectives

This book is the first systematic treatment of the strengths and limitations of personal and a-personal conceptions of the divine. It features contributions from Jewish, Islamic, Chinese, Indian and...

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@mszarepour

3 years

Mohsen Bidarfar, who was known in the Western academia mainly for his edition of Avicenna's al-Mubāḥaṯāt died at the age of 77. It is unbelievable that he edited and wrote so many important works behind the desk of his bookstore in Qum and in his spare time.

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@mszarepour

8 months

Had a fantastic time last night at the Philip Leverhulme Prize 2023 gala. Massive thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust .

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9 months

And it has a cover now!

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@mszarepour

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𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 that @yujinnagasawa and I edited as part of @GlobalPhilRel will be out in May 2024.

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@mszarepour

1 year

Here is my path: Pure Math > Mathematical Logic > Phil. of Logic & Math. -> Phil. of Language -> Phil. of Mind -> History of Islamic Phil. And parallel to them: Phil. of Religion. With the exception of pure math, I have never stopped working on any of my previous interests.

Adham El Shazly

@adhamelshazly96

1 year

Before coming to the UK most philosophers I've met started out in another discipline (including myself). Where did you start before philosophy?

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@mszarepour

3 months

My "Dashtakī's Solution to the Liar Paradox: A Synthesis of the Earlier Solutions Proposed by Ṭūsī and Samarqandī" is now put in an issue of HPL.

Dashtakī's Solution to the Liar Paradox: A Synthesis of the Earlier Solutions Proposed by Ṭūsī and...

Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Dashtakī (d. 1498) has proposed a solution to the liar paradox according to which the liar sentence is a self-referential sentence in which the predicate ‘false’ is iterated. Discuss...

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

The latest issue of 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 is finally out and it is open access. I have a paper there, "On the Varieties of Finitism", which is about the Kalām cosmological argument. 1/2

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

6 months

Countdown to the release of this book (edited by @yujinnagasawa and me) on the 6th of May! It will be Open Access! @OUPAcademic @OUPPhilosophy @OUPReligion

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

9 months

And it has a cover now!

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@mszarepour

2 years

My recently accepted article about the Kalām Cosmological Argument is now published online. And, thanks to @OfficialUoM , it is open to access.

Counting to infinity, successive addition, and the length of the past

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - The Successive Addition Argument (SAA) is one of the arguments proposed by the defenders of the Kalām Cosmological Argument to support the...

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4 years

New issue of 𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑐 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 is out. My paper "Avicenna on Grasping Mathematical Concepts" has appeared in this issue. @CambUP_PHILNYUK @CUPAcademic

AVICENNA ON GRASPING MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS | Arabic Sciences and Philosophy | Cambridge Core

AVICENNA ON GRASPING MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS - Volume 31 Issue 1

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@mszarepour

5 months

First Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy @HistPhilosophy @LauraJayHassan

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@mszarepour

2 years

An excellent book on Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism by my academic twin, Tianyi Zhang! (We started our PhD at the same university, in the same year, and under the same supervisor.)

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"How did Avicenna understand the Barcan formulas?" By Wilfrid Hodges Hodges discussion and re-evaluation of Zia Movahed's 2003 pioneering paper on Avicenna's anticipation of Barcan formulas.

How did Avicenna understand the Barcan formulas?

Abstract. In 2003 Zia Movahed pointed to a passage of Avicenna, written probably in 1022, which Movahed claimed anticipated the modal formula of Barcan (th

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@mszarepour

6 months

I'm going to give my last lecture of the semester in a couple of hours. After that, thanks to the Philip Leverhulme Prize ( @LeverhulmeTrust ), I'll be taking a break from teaching for the next five semesters!

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1 year

I will be giving a talk at @UoE_Philosophy . * The background photo of the poster is the skyline of Bukhara (= the city near the birthplace of Avicenna).

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2 years

Special issue of 𝘔𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘖𝘋𝘖𝘚 on Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of Language, edited by Shahid Rahman and Walter Edward Young.

22 | 2022 Argumentation and Arabic Philosophy of Language

While both Arabic philosophy of language and Islamicate argumentation theory boast important studies in their own right and have elicited a growing interest in recent years, there remains a dea...

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@mszarepour

10 months

Looking forward to this event in the first week of the new year!

İbrahim Bahçi

@ibrabah_realism

10 months

Avicenna Answers Islamic Metaphysics and Its Contemporary Relevance Thu 4th - Fri 5th, Jan 2024 At @EdinburghUni @SchoolofPPLS Looking forward to this exciting workshop. Perhaps another important step towards Neo-Avicennism in the context of contemporary philosophy?

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@mszarepour

3 years

My paper, "Infinite Magnitudes, Infinite Multitudes, and the Beginning of the Universe", is now published in the latest issue of 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦. 1/2

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4 years

Thanks to an agreement between the University of Birmingham and @CambridgeUP , my paper, "Avicenna on Grasping Mathematical Concepts", is now OPEN ACCESS.

AVICENNA ON GRASPING MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS | Arabic Sciences and Philosophy | Cambridge Core

AVICENNA ON GRASPING MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS - Volume 31 Issue 1

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3 years

Looking at my CV and the cities I've worked in, one might wonder whether I am a professional philosopher or a passionate football fan: Barcelona, Munich, and now Manchester!

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2 years

A new field is being created: Analytic philosophy addresses Islamic feminism.

How to Be a Feminist Muslim | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

How to Be a Feminist Muslim - Volume 9 Issue 2

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@mszarepour

6 months

Two PhD positions to work on History of Philosophy in the Islamic World at Radboud University under the supervision of Andreas Lammer as a member of his ERC project.

Job opportunity expired | Radboud University

Thank you for your interest in working at Radboud University. We are no longer taking applications for this job.

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@mszarepour

2 years

Given the sad circumstances in my home country ( #MahsaAmini ), it is hard to talk about research and personal achievements, which from a more holistic perspective do not much matter. Nevertheless, I am thrilled to announce that my paper, "Avicenna + Zorn = Necessary Existence",

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@mszarepour

2 years

Jon McGinnis's fascinating paper on divine simplicity in Plantinga and Ghazālı̄ is now online. It is part of an open access special issue of @CUPRelStudies that I am editing for @GlobalPhilRel . The issue is on *The Existence and Nature of Deities*.

Simple is as simple does: Plantinga and Ghazālī on divine simplicity | Religious Studies | Cambri...

Simple is as simple does: Plantinga and Ghazālī on divine simplicity - Volume 58 Issue S1

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2 years

Aristotle's Argument from *Razor* for the Uniqueness of the First Mover (Physics 259a7-13):

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The latest issue of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭—whose theme is 'Against Metaphysical Grounding'—is out. It is edited by my colleagues, Fraser MacBride and Chris Daly. @MancPhilosophy @OUPPhilosophy

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4 months

The first Issue of 𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒔: 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 is published (open access).

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"تُنسی، کأنک لم تکن.." محمود درویش "You will be forgotten as if you have never existed.."

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Mine are Aristotle, Avicenna, Ghazali, Aquinas, Leibniz, Hume, Kant, Gödel, Alston, Plantinga, and Nagel.

Chris Satoor

@aufgehenderRest

2 years

Philosophy Twitter: I would really love it if everyone could participate in answering this question. Who are your favorite top 10 to 12 philosophers? Mine are Boheme, Maimon, Nishitani, Plotinus, Heidegger, E. Stein, Fichte, Malebranche, Kant, Eckhart, F.H. Bradley, & Schelling,

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Stay tuned!

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I am now on the editorial board of this fantastic book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science by @SpringerNature . So exciting!

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8 months

My copy just arrived!

Jack Symes

@_JackSymes

8 months

I am delighted to announce that today marks the publication of our book, Philosophers on God: Talking about Existence. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the project!

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Pleased to announce that this paper 👇 is now accepted for publication in 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐.

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

I am thrilled to announce that my paper, "Dashtakī’s Solution to the Liar Paradox", has been awarded the 2022 Founders’ Award by the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy ( @SMRPhilosophy )

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I have recently joined the editorial board of 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠. It is indeed an honour.

Editorial board

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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Looking forward to this exciting conference on Kinds of Intentionality and Kinds of Approaches to Intentionality in Medieval Philosophy.

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4 years

A fantastic book by Daniel D. De Haan is out! @BrillPublishing

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@mszarepour

3 years

I'm going to submit the first paper I've completed since the birth of my daughter. If I don't get a desk rejection, I'll take it as a sign that I've managed to reconcile my job with my post-paternal life! I know it's too early for this conclusion! But I need these small joys! :)

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3 years

Today morning I had the last online team meeting with the great team of @GlobalPhilRel . And now I am at my office on the campus of @OfficialUoM . Looking forward to meeting my new colleagues! View from my office at @MancPhilosophy !

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@mszarepour

2 years

Preparing for my tomorrow teaching and being reminded of what is happening in Iran: Al-Farabi "goes so far as to say that happiness is impossible for anyone who does not live in a well-run society" (Adamson, Philosophy in the Islamic World, 70)

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@mszarepour

3 years

Has any other scholar pointed out the similarity between Plato's cave analogy and verses 36:8-9 of the Quran?

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

My paper, "Avicenna on empty intentionality: a case study in analytical Avicennianism", is now online. 50 free online copies can be downloaded from here:

Avicenna on empty intentionality: a case study in analytical Avicennianism

Appealing to some analytic tools developed by contemporary analytic philosophers, I discuss Avicenna’s views regarding the problem(s) of linguistic and mental reference to non-existents, also known...

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

4 months

I am editing a special issue for @AGATHEOSjournal on "Contemporary Philosophical Engagements with Islam". Submit your papers by 15 December 2024.

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@mszarepour

3 years

And now it is here on my desk! :)

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

3 years

Thrilled that my paper, "Classical Islamic Conceptions of God and Revelation: God Is Not a Person but Can Speak", is published in this volume along with papers by leading philosophers of religion like R. Swinburne, J. Kvanvig, M. Wynn, & Y. Nagasawa.

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@mszarepour

2 years

"Counting to Infinity, Successive Addition, and the Length of the Past" in 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛. In the former I have discussed Avicenna's theory of thinking about non-existents through the lens of some /

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@mszarepour

11 months

Never bored or tired of punting on Cam River!

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

7 months

You can now watch my interview with @CloserToTruth in 9 episodes. See the thread.

Mohammed Saleh Zarepour - Closer To Truth

Mohammed Saleh Zarepour is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Manchester. He is on the editorial boards of Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, Religious...

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

Job in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy!

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@mszarepour

3 years

So exiting. It is out: A New Edition, English Translation and Commentary of the Kitāb al-Madḫal of Avicenna’s Kitāb al-Šifāʾ by @Essedivvu .

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@mszarepour

1 year

I also made the final corrections for my chapter in Philosophers on God. Looking forward to seeing both books out!

Jack Symes

@_JackSymes

1 year

🎉 Exciting news! The final changes have been made to Philosophers on God and Defeating the Evil-God Challenge. 🎉 Both books will be published next year by @BloomsburyBooks ; thank you to everyone who has made these projects possible!

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

Can't wait to be back in Cambridge for this conference: "Truth & time in the Middle Ages"

Truth & time in the Middle Ages - CRASSH

Convenor Suf Amichay (University of Cambridge) Speakers Suf Amichay (Cambridge University) Necmeddin Beşikci (Cambridge University) Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute) Charles Manekin (University of...

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

1 year

Literally stuck to the bed due to one of the worst flu (?) I've ever had. But so happy that this paper is finally seeing the light of day!

Dashtakī's Solution to the Liar Paradox: A Synthesis of the Earlier Solutions Proposed by Ṭūsī and...

Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Dashtakī (d. 1498) has proposed a solution to the liar paradox according to which the liar sentence is a self-referential sentence in which the predicate ‘false’ is iterated. Discuss...

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

1 year

Pleased to announce that this paper 👇 is now accepted for publication in 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

11 months

And me!

Stephen Law

@stephenlaw60

11 months

Contents of Jack Symes' forthcoming Philosophers on God, including me.

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@mszarepour

2 years

Pp 6-7: "Were I asked to label my project, I would describe it as an instance of analytical Avicennianism... [T]he term ‘analytical Avicennianism’ can be understood as referring to the general idea of bridging between Avicenna’s philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy."

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

7 months

𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒔: 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 now accepts submissions. It is open access and has planned to have a quick review process (4-6 weeks). It considers works from any religious tradition.

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@mszarepour

3 years

The issue I edited for 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 on "Islamic Problems and Perspectives in Philosophy of Religion" is now online and Open Access. It includes a collection of the best papers ever published by 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠.

Cambridge University Press - Philosophy

@CambUP_PHILNYUK

3 years

#Islamic problems & perspectives in Philosophy of Religion presents a collection of great papers about Islam published in Religious Studies. Read more on this issue from the Religious Studies Archives & enjoy free access to the articles at: @CUPRelStudies

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@mszarepour

2 years

contemporary theories on the nature of intentionality. In the latter paper, I have shown that Dretske's (1965) example of *counting to infinity* does not provide a counterexample to the impossibility of actual infinities (on which the Kalam Cosmological Argument relies).

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@mszarepour

6 months

I'm in Liverpool to present my paper on "Dashtakī's Solution to the Liar Paradox" in BSHP annual conference. @theBSHP

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@mszarepour

2 years

New issue of International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, for everyone interested in cosmological arguments for the existence of God.

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

9 months

My Book, 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒎, has been downloaded 4450 times so far! Thrilling indeed. But I am curious to know how many times it has actually been read!

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

2 years

I am thrilled to announce that my short monograph, 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒎, is now online and free to download for 2 weeks.

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@mszarepour

4 years

𝑨𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝑰𝑰𝑰 will be held as a series of weekly online talks from June 1 to July 13. My talk, which is about Avicenna’s treatment of the Mapping Argument (for finitism) in his different works, will be on June 15.

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@mszarepour

4 years

My "Avicenna on Mathematical Infinity" is now on the website of 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗 𝒇𝒖̈𝒓 𝑮𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒆 ( @degruyter_phil )_gruyter. The good thing is that it is open access ( @DeGruyterOA )!

Avicenna on Mathematical Infinity

Avicenna believed in mathematical finitism. He argued that magnitudes and sets of ordered numbers and numbered things cannot be actually infinite. In this paper, I discuss his arguments against the...

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@mszarepour

4 years

New issue of 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐 is out. My paper "Abharī’s Solution to the Liar Paradox: A Logical Analysis" has appeared in this issue.

History and Philosophy of Logic

Volume 42, Issue 1 of History and Philosophy of Logic

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@mszarepour

3 months

Back in Birmingham for an Exciting Conference on Divinity and Grounding!

Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

4 months

Looking forward to this exciting conference at @PTRBirmingham : "Ultimate Reality / Divinity as the Ground: Exploring the Structure of Reality across Eastern and Western Traditions"

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@mszarepour

3 years

A brilliant paper by Mike Almeida! Another piece of evidence for that we still do not know what is the best modal logic to formalize debates regarding the existence of the traditional God.

Evil is not evidence | Religious Studies | Cambridge Core

Evil is not evidence - Volume 59 Issue S1

www.cambridge.org

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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour

@mszarepour

3 years

Again infinity, again Avicenna! I will talk tomorrow on "Avicenna’s Treatment of the Mapping Argument in ʿUyūn al-ḥikma, al-Šifāʾ, al-Naǧāt, and Dānešnāme-ye ʿAlāʾī" in Avicenna Study Group.

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@mszarepour

11 months

Open Access Special Issue of 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 on Evil and Suffering in the World. It is edited by Bakinaz Abdalla, my former colleague @GlobalPhilRel .

Religious Studies: Volume 59 - Evil and Suffering in the World | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - Religious Studies - Volume 59 - Evil and Suffering in the World

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@mszarepour

2 years

is accepted for publication in one of my favourite journals, 𝑂𝑥𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛. There I have combined elements from Avicenna's Proof of the Sincere with Zorn's Lemma to offer a new argument for the existence of God.

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@mszarepour

2 years

I just updated my website. If you are interested in doing a PhD under my supervision, please have a look at this page!

Supervision | M. S. Zarepour

www.ms-zarepour.com

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@mszarepour

2 years

In one of my dreams, I was the author of this OVSI. But reality is sometimes much better than dreams! :)

Peter Adamson

@HistPhilosophy

2 years

This week I started writing my "Very Short Introduction to Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)" for Oxford University Press @OUPPhilosophy . So much fun to do! Like halfway between writing podcasts and "real research." My favorite part so far is where I compare him to the Beatles.

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@mszarepour

3 years

Tony Street's study of Abū l-Barakāt's treatment of Arabic logic. Nothing less than brilliant.

Abu l-Barakat al-Baghdadi and the Traditions of Arabic Logic

In the anonymous al-Nukat wa-l-fawāʾid, a summa of Avicennan philosophy written around 1200, a partisan of Avicenna accuses Faḫr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 1210) of having come under the influence of the...

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@mszarepour

3 years

Consider applying for this position and joining this fantastic team of scholars (whom I will miss very much)!

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@mszarepour

4 months

The last publication from the Global Philosophy of Religion Project by @yujinnagasawa !

Yujin Nagasawa

@yujinnagasawa

4 months

Excited to announce that my latest monograph has just been published! YOU CAN READ AND DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE BOOK FOR FREE, courtesy of the @templeton_fdn . Click "Open Access" on the right.

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Philosophy of Religion Workshop, University of Manchester, 6-7 February 2024

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