Iranian thinker
Saeed Zibakalam
Saeed ZibakalamPhilosophy of Science and EpistemologyIranian
Life and Thought
Saeed Zibakalam, born 1953 in Tehran, is an Iranian philosophy researcher and lecturer. He is best known for his works and lecture series on the philosophy of science, epistemology, rationality, and the critique of modern intellectual currents.
Saeed Zibakalam Mofrad was born in 1953 in Tehran. He initially studied electrical and electronic engineering in England before turning to philosophical studies and the humanities. Zibakalam subsequently completed a PhD in philosophy at the University of Leeds and, upon returning to Iran, became active in the academic and research sphere of philosophy.
His main areas of work are the philosophy of science, epistemology, rationality, the methodology of science, and the critique of the intellectual foundations of modernity. In his writings and lectures, he has addressed questions concerning the nature of science, the validity of reasoning, the relationship between reason and experience, and the place of scientific knowledge in contemporary culture.
His works include Social Epistemology, Reason, Reasoning and Rationality, Soothing Myths, Newton's Methodology, and Against the Current. His translation of Alan F. Chalmers' book What Is This Thing Called Science? An Introduction to Philosophical Schools of Epistemology is also considered one of the well-known Persian-language resources for teaching the philosophy of science.