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859 thinkers · 454 Iranian · 405 foreign

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Abolghasem FanaeiPhilosophy of religion and ethics Mostafa MalekianEthics and Religious Studies Arash NaraghiPhilosophy of Religion and Ethics Azarakhsh MokriPsychiatry Abdolkarim SoroushPhilosophy of Religion

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Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist and one of the main founders of humanistic psychology. By introducing the "hierarchy of human needs" and the concept of "self-actualization," he had a profound influence on psychology, the humanities, and studies of personal growth.

Humanistic psychology, personality theory1908–1970

Adam Smith

Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher and thinker of the Enlightenment who played a significant role in shaping political economy and modern thought about society and wealth. He is the author of <i>The Theory of Moral Sentiments</i> and <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations</i>.

Economics and Philosophy1723–17901 article

Azarakhsh Mokri

Azarakhsh Mokri (born 1968) is an Iranian psychiatrist and faculty member at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He works in addiction treatment, cognitive science, and science communication, and has received the Cheragh Science Communication Award.

Psychiatryb. 196412 articles

Aramesh Dustdar

Aramesh Dustdar (1931–2021) was an Iranian philosopher and writer known for his critique of religious culture and the Iranian intellectual tradition. The concept of 'religiosity' (din-khuyi) and the phrase 'the impossibility of thought in religious culture' are among his most important ideas.

Philosophy1931–20212 articles

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) was a German philosopher and the author of *The World as Will and Representation*. His thought centered on will, suffering, and art, and had a wide-ranging influence on modern philosophy and art.

Philosophy1788–18605 articles1 video

Arezoo Islami

Arezoo Islami is an Iranian philosopher and a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at San Francisco State University. Her areas of specialization include philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, logic, and the philosophical relationship between mathematics and physics.

Philosophy of Science and Mathematics1 video

Arash Abaie

Arash Abaie is a researcher and instructor in Jewish religious sciences and an active member of Iran's Jewish community. He teaches and lectures on Jewish history, philosophy, ethics, and rituals, and is also active in interfaith dialogue.

Jewish Studies and Jewish Religious Sciences1 article1 video

Arash Abazari

Arash Abazari is an Iranian philosopher and researcher of nineteenth-century German philosophy, focusing on Hegel's philosophy and the critique of capitalism. He is the author of *Hegel's Ontology of Power* and teaches at Bilkent University.

Philosophy2 articles1 video

Arash Heidari

Arash Heydari, born 1983, is an Iranian cultural sociologist and researcher in the fields of social studies, contemporary history, and critical theory. He employs a genealogical approach to examine issues of power, despotism, identity, popular culture, and the relationship between the social realm and art and history.

Cultural Sociology3 articles

Arash Reisinejad

Arash Reisinezhad (born 1984) is an Iranian researcher and analyst in the field of international relations and geopolitics. He researches Iran's foreign policy, the New Silk Road, and regional rivalries in West Asia.

International Relationsb. 1984

Arash Mousavi

Arash Mousavi is an Iranian translator of significant works in sociology and social studies. He has rendered books by Colin J. Beck, Bryan S. Turner, and Thomas Piketty into Persian and contributed to introducing contemporary social thought.

Translation and Social Studies1 video

Arash Naraghi

Arash Naraghi, born in Tehran in 1966, is an Iranian philosopher, writer, and religious intellectual whose work focuses on the philosophy of religion, ethics, and human rights. He has sought to establish a philosophical dialogue among religious faith, modern ethics, and the Islamic mystical tradition.

Philosophy of Religion and Ethicsb. 196693 articles9 videos

Arman Zakeri

Arman Zakeri is an Iranian sociologist and researcher working in the fields of sociological theory, Iran's social issues, and the social thought of Muslim thinkers. He is among the figures of the new generation of Iranian social sciences, and his works primarily focus on the relationship between religion, society, social solidarity, inequality, and the possibility of a sociological understanding of the Iranian experience.

Sociology and Social Thought2 articles

Arne Næss

Arne Næss was a Norwegian philosopher and the founder of the deep ecology movement, playing an important role in connecting philosophy with environmental issues. By criticizing anthropocentrism, he emphasized the intrinsic value of all living beings and the need to transform humanity’s relationship with nature.

Environmental philosophy, deep ecology1912–2009

Arvin Sedaghatkish

Arvin Sedaghatkish, born in 1974 in Tehran, is an Iranian researcher, music critic, teacher, and composer. He is considered one of the most prolific figures in music criticism and research in Iran, and his writings have been published in various fields.

Musicb. 19742 articles

Ágnes Heller

Ágnes Heller was a Hungarian philosopher and one of the leading figures of the Budapest School and the tradition of critical theory. She wrote important works in ethics, philosophy of history, social theory, and modernity, emphasizing the critique of dogmatic Marxism and the defense of individual freedom and everyday life.

Social philosophy, critical theory, ethics1929–2019

Saint Augustine

Augustine was a Christian philosopher and theologian of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. By linking the Greek philosophical tradition with Christian theology, he left a profound impact on European culture and philosophy.

Philosophy and Theology354–430

Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre was a Scottish-American philosopher and one of the leading figures in contemporary moral philosophy, known for reviving virtue ethics and reinterpreting the thought of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. He was the author of *After Virtue* and taught at prestigious universities around the world.

Philosophy1929–20252 articles

Albert Camus

Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French writer, philosopher, and journalist, and the winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature. With works such as *The Stranger* and *The Myth of Sisyphus*, he introduced the concept of the absurd into contemporary literature and philosophy.

Philosophy and Literature1913–19604 articles

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) was a distinguished German-French physician, moral philosopher, theologian, and musician, and the recipient of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. He is best known for his ethical philosophy of "Reverence for Life" and his many years of non-profit medical service in Africa.

Ethics, philosophy of religion1875–19651 article

Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold was an American ecologist, forester, and environmental thinker who is considered one of the founders of modern conservation thought and the land ethic. In his book "A Sand County Almanac," he introduced the idea of an ethical relationship between humans and the biotic community and left a lasting influence on environmental philosophy and conservation movements.

Environmental philosophy, ecology, and nature conservation1887–1948

A. J. Ayer

Alfred Jules Ayer (1910–1989) was a British philosopher and one of the most prominent representatives of logical positivism in the English-speaking world. With his influential book *Language, Truth and Logic* (1936), he introduced the verification principle and deemed metaphysical and theological claims meaningless. Ayer also produced important works in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of language, and is considered one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century analytic philosophy.

Analytic Philosophy and Logical Positivism1910–19892 articles

Alfred Schutz

Alfred Schutz was an Austrian-American philosopher and sociologist and one of the founders of social phenomenology. By connecting Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology with Max Weber’s interpretive sociology, he analyzed meaning, social action, and the structures of the everyday lifeworld.

Social phenomenology1 article

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker and director, and one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema, especially known for his innovations in suspense and psychological thriller genres. Through works such as "Vertigo," "Rear Window," "Psycho," and "The Birds," he achieved a lasting place in world cinema.

Filmmaking, directing, and film theory1899–19801 article

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