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874 thinkers · 457 Iranian · 417 foreign

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Taghi Pournamdarian

Taghi Pournamdarian is a poet, scholar, and professor of Persian literature, born in Hamadan in 1941. His research focuses mainly on the criticism and interpretation of Persian poetry, mysticism, and symbolic literature, and he has written on poets including Hafez, Rumi, Attar, Nima Yooshij, and Ahmad Shamlou.

Persian Literature, Literary Criticism, and Mysticismb. 1941

Taghi Kimiai Asadi

Taghi Kimiaei-Asadi, born in 1947 in Hamedan, is a neurologist and subspecialist in electrodiagnostic medicine. Alongside his medical practice, he has authored and translated works exploring the intersection of neuroscience, philosophy of mind, consciousness, determinism and free will, and religion.

Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind1 article

Touraj Daryaee

Touraj Daryaee, born in 1967, is an Iranian historian and Iranologist who teaches at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses primarily on ancient Iranian history, particularly the Sasanian period.

Historyb. 19675 articles2 videos

Touraj Saberivand

Touraj Saberivand is an Iranian designer, educator, and researcher in the fields of brand design, design thinking, and visual culture. He is known for his theoretical and practical teachings on design, visual identity, logos, branding, and the social responsibility of designers.

Design, Visual Culture2 articles

Jafar Kheirkhahan

Jafar Kheirkhahan is an Iranian economist, researcher, and translator best known for translating and introducing important works on economics, development, and political economy. Born in 1968 in Mashhad, he earned his PhD in Economics from Allameh Tabataba'i University and has taught at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Translations such as Economics, The Narrow Corridor, and The Rise and Decline of Nations are among the significant works associated with his name in the Persian-speaking intellectual and economic sphere.

Economics and Translation of Development Worksb. 19681 article

Jafar Sobhani

Ja‘far Sobhani is a Shi‘i marja‘ al-taqlid, theologian, and distinguished professor of the Qom seminary. With extensive works in Islamic theology, jurisprudence, legal theory, exegesis, Islamic history, and responses to religious doubts, he is considered one of the most prolific figures in contemporary religious education and scholarship in Iran.

Islamic theology and Shi‘i jurisprudence3 articles

Jafar Nekounam

Jafar Nekounam, born in 1964 in Golpayegan, is a researcher in Quranic and Hadith Sciences and a full professor at the University of Qom. He received his PhD in Quranic and Hadith Sciences from Tarbiat Modares University, and his research primarily focuses on the language of the Quran, the dating of the Quran, semantics, historical exegesis, and hermeneutics.

Quranic and Hadith Sciences1 article

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969) was an Iranian writer, translator, and social critic. With his book *Gharbzadegi* (*Weststruckness*) and his sharp, critical prose, he is considered one of the most influential figures of Iranian intellectual life in the 1950s and 1960s.

Literature and Social Thought1923–19691 article

Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi

Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi, born in Kermanshah in 1949, is a professor of Persian literature, writer, translator, poet, and a prominent scholar of the Shahnameh and Iranian culture. He is particularly known for his extensive research on Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh, mythology, the aesthetics of Persian literature, and his deliberate use of Persian vocabulary in speech and writing.

Persian Literature, Shahnameh Studies, and Iranian Studiesb. 1949

Jalaluddin Homaei

Jalal al-Din Homaei was a man of letters, writer, poet, historian, and distinguished professor of Persian literature in contemporary Iran. With his vast knowledge of literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, mysticism, mathematics, and the classical sciences, he is considered one of the key figures in literary education and research at the University of Tehran.

Persian Literature and Islamic Mysticism1 article

Javad Hatami

Javad Hatami, born in 1973, is an Iranian psychologist and researcher in the field of cognitive sciences. He completed his education at the University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modares University, and works in the areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive sciences.

Cognitive Sciencesb. 19731 article

Javad Heidari

Javad Heydari is an ethics scholar, philosophy instructor, and faculty member at Shahed University. His research activities are primarily focused on the intersection of moral philosophy, political philosophy, and normative theories.

Philosophy18 articles5 videos

Javad Alavi Borujerdi

Seyyed Javad Alavi Boroujerdi is a Shi‘i jurist, a teacher at the Qom Seminary, and one of the contemporary maraji‘ of Iran. He is the maternal grandson of Seyyed Hossein Boroujerdi and has put forward critical and reformist views within the framework of the Shi‘i jurisprudential tradition on jurisprudential and usuli topics and the seminary's relationship with new social and legal issues.

Shi‘i Jurisprudence and Principles of Jurisprudence1 article

James Rachels

James Rachels was a prominent moral philosopher and professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Through the publication of transformative works such as "The Elements of Moral Philosophy" and "Moral Problems," he played a key role in shifting the approach to teaching moral philosophy from abstract discussions to concrete issues and applied ethics. His research on euthanasia, animal rights, and the ethical implications of Darwinism is considered among the most important works in contemporary ethics.

Moral Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Euthanasia2 articles

Hatam Ghaderi

Hatem Ghaderi (born 1956 in Tehran) is a researcher and retired professor of political science at Tarbiat Modares University. He is considered one of the well-known figures in the field of political thought in Islam and Iran and has authored numerous works in this area. Ghaderi is also renowned for his analysis of contemporary Iranian political issues and his critique of power structures.

Political Thought and Political Science2 articles

Hafez

Shams al-Din Mohammad Hafez Shirazi, known as Hafez, is a great Persian-language poet of the eighth century AH. His Divan includes ghazals, qasidas, and rubaiyat, and has had a profound influence on the course of Persian poetry.

Poetry and Wisdom1325–139016 articles2 videos

Hamed Ekhtiari

Hamed Ekhtiari is an Iranian psychiatrist and researcher in cognitive neuroscience, brain imaging, and substance use disorders. He is a faculty member at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) and the University of Minnesota, with research focused on the neural mechanisms of decision-making, cognitive control, and addiction.

Cognitive neuroscience and psychiatryb. 1978

Hamed Saffarian

Hamed Safariyan is a researcher and lecturer in philosophy, focusing primarily on German Idealism, particularly the thought of Hegel. He studied philosophy at the University of Hagen in Germany and has presented lectures and writings on Hegel's philosophy of art, language and philosophy, and the Iranian encounter with Western philosophy.

German Idealism1 article

Hamed Safaeipour

Hamed Safaeipour is a researcher, instructor, and founder of the Tizfekri Cultural-Artistic Institute, who has been working professionally in the field of thinking skills and critical thinking since the 2000s. He achieved the top rank in the entrance exam for the PhD program in Philosophy of Science and Technology at Tarbiat Modares University, and his book "Tizfekri: The Skill of Understanding and Evaluating Reasoning" is among his well-known works in teaching critical thinking. Focusing on the localization and promotion of thinking skills in Iran, Safaeipour has conducted numerous courses and workshops for academic, organizational, and public audiences.

Critical Thinking Skills and Philosophy of Science2 articles3 videos

Habibollah Peyman

Habibollah Peyman is an Iranian writer, thinker, political activist, and a prominent figure in religious intellectualism. Over recent decades, he has been active in Iran’s intellectual and political spheres, emphasizing the connection between social justice, freedom, religious ethics, and the critique of authoritarianism.

Religious Intellectualism and Political Thoughtb. 1933

Hojjatollah Nikoui

Hojjatollah Nikouei is an Iranian writer and researcher in the field of religious studies and the critique of Shiite theology. His name is most widely recognized for the book *The Theory of Imamate on the Scales of Critique*, a work that offers a critical re-reading of the doctrine of Imamate in Twelver Shiism.

Critique of Shiite Theology1 article

Hesam Salamat

Hesam Salamat, born in 1982 in Babol, is an Iranian sociologist, translator, and independent researcher. He researches and teaches in the fields of social theory, critical sociology, and political economy.

Philosophyb. 19829 articles3 videos

Hessam Nowzari

Hesam Nozari is an Iranian biologist, health sciences researcher, and periodontics specialist. He holds a PhD in Biology and Health Sciences from the University of Rennes, France, and is a researcher in the fields of gum disease, tissue regeneration, and implantology.

Biology, Health Sciences, and Periodonticsb. 1960

Hassan Farhang Ansari

Hassan Ansari (born 1970) is an Iranian researcher and Islamicist. He specializes in Islamic theology, philosophy, and the history of Islamic thought, and is currently a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA.

Islamic Theology and Philosophy9 articles

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