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887 thinkers · 459 Iranian · 428 foreign

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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

Hassan Bolkhari Ghahi

Hassan Bolkhari Ghehi, born in 1962 in Ghehi, Isfahan, is an Iranian researcher, author, and professor of the philosophy of art and aesthetics. He is a full professor at the University of Tehran, a permanent member of the Iranian Academy of Arts, and a well-known figure in the study of the wisdom of Islamic art, aesthetics, and the mystical foundations of art and architecture. His numerous works address the relationship between art, wisdom, mysticism, imagination, light, geometry, and meaning in the Iranian-Islamic tradition and Eastern art.

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics3 articles1 video

Hassan Fereshtian

Hassan Farshtian (born 1963) is an Iranian jurist and religious studies scholar working in the fields of comparative law, jurisprudence, and religious studies. He has published numerous works on civil law, social issues in Islam, and translations of religious and political texts.

Law and Religious Studies1 article

Hassan Mohaddesi

Hassan Mohaddesi Gilvaei, born in 1966 in Rasht, is an Iranian sociologist and assistant professor at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University. His research areas include the sociology of religion, critical theology, and a re-reading of the thought of Ali Shariati.

Sociologyb. 196626 articles4 videos

Hassan Miandari

Hassan Miandari is an Iranian researcher in the fields of philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and the relationship between science and religion. He is known for his articles and lectures on Thomas Kuhn, the philosophy of science, the theory of evolution, and its philosophical implications, and has also contributed to the translation and introduction of texts in the philosophy of science and moral philosophy.

Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Biology1 article

Hossein Abadian

Hossein Abadian (born January 22, 1962, in Lar) is a professor of history at Imam Khomeini International University and a prominent researcher of contemporary Iranian history. He approaches history with a philosophical, rational, and phenomenological perspective, utilizing jurisprudential and usuli concepts to explain contemporary Iranian intellectual movements. Abadian is the author of twelve books and over fifty research articles in Persian, English, and Arabic.

Contemporary History of Iran1 article

Hossein Akhani

Hossein Akhani is a biologist, Professor at the University of Tehran, and a researcher of botany and Iran’s environment. He is particularly known for his research on biodiversity and Iran’s vegetation, as well as his criticism of unsound environmental policies. Akhani is an active voice in environmental conservation and in promoting a scientific approach to Iran’s natural challenges.

Biology, ecology, and environmental activismb. 1963

Hossein Elahi Ghomshei

Hossein Elahi Ghomshei is an Iranian writer, translator, speaker, and lecturer in the fields of mysticism, classical literature, and the philosophy of art. Through his captivating lectures and numerous works, he has introduced a wide audience to mystical concepts, aesthetics, and the Persian and world literary heritage. Elahi Ghomshei is the son of Mehdi Elahi Ghomshei, the renowned translator of the Quran, and is considered one of the prominent contemporary cultural figures of Iran.

Mysticism, Literature, and Philosophy of Art

Hossein Bashiriyeh

Hossein Bashiriyeh, born in 1953 in Hamedan, is a political sociologist and political science researcher. He is one of the most important political science professors in contemporary Iran and has taught at the University of Tehran and Syracuse University in the United States.

Political Thoughtb. 19531 video

Hossein Bayat

Hossein Bayat is a researcher in the philosophy of science, an instructor of critical thinking, and the director of the Khaneh Ashna Institute. His work focuses on teaching critical thinking, dialogue, and the application of philosophy in everyday life.

Existential Psychology3 articles3 videos

Hossein Dabbagh

Hossein Dabbagh (born 1986) is a researcher in applied philosophy, particularly in the fields of ethics, politics, and law, public policy, moral psychology and neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and cognitive linguistics. He studied at the universities of Tehran, Shahid Beheshti, Reading, and Oxford, and is the son of Abdolkarim Soroush and the brother of Soroush Dabbagh.

Philosophyb. 198559 articles5 videos

Hossein Raghfar

Hossein Raghfar (born 1953) is an economist and poverty researcher. He is a faculty member of the Economics Department at Alzahra University, and his research focuses on inequality, social welfare, and income distribution.

Development Economics, Welfare Economics, and Poverty Researchb. 1953

Hossein Souzanchi

Hossein Soozanchi is a researcher in Islamic philosophy, an advanced seminary student (dars-e kharij) at the Qom Seminary, and a full professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Baqir al-Olum University. His work primarily focuses on Transcendent Theosophy, the relationship between science and religion, Islamic humanities, jurisprudence and ethics, and social issues from the perspective of Islamic philosophy.

Islamic Philosophy and Islamic Humanities10 articles

Hossein Shaghaghi

Hossein Shaghaghi is an Iranian author and philosophy researcher, born in 1979. His main areas of work are philosophy of language, analytic philosophy, the thought of Quine and Wittgenstein, and issues of meaning, translation, and epistemology.

Philosophy of Language and Analytic Philosophy1 article

Hossein Sheykhrezaee

Hossein Sheikh Rezaei, born 1976, is a researcher in philosophy of science, science communication, and philosophy for children. He received his PhD in philosophy from Durham University and is active in public philosophy education and publishing philosophical books.

Philosophyb. 196911 articles5 videos

Hossein Azimi

Hossein Azimi Arani (born 1948) was an Iranian economist and development researcher who emphasized development as a civilizational process. He earned his PhD in economics from the University of Oxford and worked at the Plan and Budget Organization and various universities.

Economics1948–20021 video

Hossein Mahmoudi

Hossein Mahmoudi is a researcher, philosophy instructor, and philosophical counselor working in the fields of philosophy of religion, moral philosophy, and existential philosophies. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, and his main focus is on Kierkegaard's philosophy and human existential questions.

Philosophy3 articles11 videos

Hossein Masoumi Hamedani

Hossein Masoumi Hamedani, born on 6 December 1948 in Hamadan, is an Iranian researcher in the history of science, philosophy of science, history of mathematics, and a translator. He is a permanent member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and received his PhD in history of science from Paris 7 University.

Philosophy and literatureb. 19483 articles

Hossein Houshmand

Hossein Hooshmand, a graduate in philosophy of religion and comparative moral philosophy from Concordia University, is an independent researcher in the fields of political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and Islamic thought. His research focuses on the intersections between these fields and on the question of how religious traditions, particularly the Islamic tradition, can be rethought in the face of the philosophical, moral, and political challenges of the contemporary world.

Philosophyb. 194410 articles5 videos

Hossein Valeh

Hossein Valeh is a philosopher, translator, and associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Shahid Beheshti University. He has conducted research and taught in the areas of philosophy of religion, analytic philosophy, philosophy of language, contemporary Western philosophy, and the relationship between the Islamic philosophical tradition and modern philosophical debates.

Philosophy of Religion and Analytic Philosophy2 articles

Hossein-Ali Montazeri

Hossein-Ali Montazeri was a prominent jurist and marja' al-taqlid in contemporary Iran. He left behind numerous works and lectures in jurisprudence, legal theory, exegesis, ethics, and religious thought, and is known among students and researchers in the seminary for his juristic precision and attention to the relationship between religion, justice, and human rights.

Shi'i Jurisprudence and Religious Thought1 article

Hamid Entezam

Hamid Entezam is an Iranian researcher and speaker in the fields of theology, mysticism, philosophy, and religious intellectualism. Drawing on religious and philosophical studies and inspired by the ideas of Ali Shariati, he has lectured for years at Iranian cultural centers in the United States on spirituality, ethics, the Quran, and religious reform.

Theology, Mysticism, and Religious Intellectualism5 articles

Hamid Parsania

Hamid Parsania (born 1958) is a philosopher, sociologist, and lecturer in both seminary and university, considered one of the prominent students of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli. He is a member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and an active figure in expounding Transcendent Theosophy and its connection with the social sciences. His works in the fields of Islamic anthropology, religious science, and the critique of modernity are well known.

Islamic Philosophy and Sociology2 articles

Hamid Vahid Dastjerdi

Hamid Vahid Dastjerdi is an Iranian philosopher and researcher in analytic philosophy. He is the head of the Analytic Philosophy Research Group at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) and works in the fields of epistemology and philosophy of religion.

Philosophy7 articles

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