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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

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

Antonio Damasio

Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist who, in works such as "Descartes' Error," showed that emotions are not an obstacle to reason but an inseparable part of rational decision-making and human consciousness. Through his critique of Cartesian mind-body dualism, he has become one of the most influential figures in contemporary cognitive neuroscience.

Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mindb. 19441 article

Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson was an American biologist and one of the most influential researchers in evolutionary biology, ecology, and animal behavior. He developed and expanded the theory of sociobiology and, through his extensive studies of ants, had a profound impact on understanding the relationship between evolution, social behavior, and nature.

Evolutionary biology, sociobiology, and ecology1929–2021

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist and Harvard University professor known for his research on language, the mind, and human nature. He is a prominent advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind, and has gained wide recognition through books such as The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate. Pinker is also known as a public intellectual for his works on the decline of violence and human progress.

Cognitive and evolutionary psychologyb. 19543 articles

Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author, a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, known worldwide for her deeply reported writing on climate change and the environmental crisis. Her book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and became one of the most influential works on humanity's role in driving species extinction.

Science and Environmental Journalismb. 19611 article

Anil Seth

Anil Seth (born 1972) is a neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex in the UK. He is internationally renowned for his research on the neural basis of consciousness and for proposing the theory of 'controlled hallucination' in human perception.

Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind1 article

Iman Fani

Iman Fani is an Iranian physician, radiologist, and Persian-language content creator working in psychology, self-knowledge, and interdisciplinary studies. He is known for the Persian School of Life, a platform devoted to translation, book reviews, and educational content on psychology, philosophy of life, history, economics, and general culture.

Applied psychology1 article

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was a British philosopher, logician, and mathematician, and one of the founders of analytic philosophy. In 1950, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his defense of freedom of thought and humanitarianism.

Philosophy1872–197011 articles

Paul Bloom

Paul Bloom is a prominent psychologist and distinguished professor at the University of Toronto, and a former professor at Yale University, who researches developmental psychology, morality, pleasure, and the philosophy of mind. He has gained international renown for his challenging critique of the concept of 'empathy' and his examination of the evolutionary and cognitive roots of morality in children. His bestselling books, such as 'Against Empathy' and 'Just Babies,' have had a significant impact on both academic and public discussions of moral psychology.

Cognitive Psychology and Philosophy of Mind1 article

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

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is renowned for his research on the intuitive foundations of morality, Moral Foundations Theory, and how political and cultural disagreements take shape. Haidt is the author of bestselling books such as "The Righteous Mind" and "The Anxious Generation," and has delivered several influential TED talks.

Moral and Social Psychology1 article

James Lovelock

James Lovelock was a British scientist in the fields of Earth sciences, atmospheric chemistry, and ecology, best known for proposing the Gaia theory, which views Earth as a self-regulating system. Through his research on the relationship between living organisms and planetary processes, he had a significant influence on environmental thought and climate science.

Earth sciences, ecology, Gaia theory1919–2022

Charles C. Mann

Charles C. Mann is an American science writer and journalist, best known for his works on the history of the Americas, global ecology, and the environmental consequences of the collision of civilizations. His books 1491 and 1493 have played a significant role in reshaping public understanding of American history before and after Columbus. In his article "The Birth of Religion" for National Geographic, he also explored the role of Göbekli Tepe in rethinking the relationship between religion, agriculture, and civilization.

Science Journalism and Environmental History1 article

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 Vahdati Nasab

Hamed Vahdati Nasab (born 1973 in Tehran) is an Iranian archaeologist and paleoanthropologist, and a full professor in the Department of Archaeology at Tarbiat Modares University. He earned his PhD in prehistoric anthropology from Arizona State University, focusing on the facial morphology of Neanderthals, and is one of the most recognized field researchers on Iranian Paleolithic sites and popularizers of human evolution for Persian-speaking audiences.

Paleolithic Archaeology and Paleoanthropologyb. 19731 article

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

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

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist and economist known for his pioneering research on human judgment, decision-making, and cognitive biases. He received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for integrating insights from psychology into economics, especially in decision-making under uncertainty.

Cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and decision theory1934–2024

Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist, best known for his ۱۹۹۵ book Emotional Intelligence and for bringing the concept of emotional intelligence to a broad audience. By linking research in psychology, neuroscience, and education, he has emphasized the role of self-awareness, empathy, and social skills in individual and organizational success.

Psychology, emotional intelligence, and cognitive scienceb. 1946

Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, writer, and art critic, and one of the leading figures of the Enlightenment. As the chief editor of the Encyclopédie, he played an important role in expanding knowledge, promoting rationalism, and criticizing traditional authorities in eighteenth-century Europe.

Philosophy of the Enlightenment and literary criticism1713–1784

Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) was an American philosopher and one of the most influential figures in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science. With a naturalistic and evolutionary approach, he developed theories about consciousness, free will, and religion, and was considered a leading figure of "New Atheism." His bestselling works, such as "Consciousness Explained" and "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," built a bridge between philosophy and the empirical sciences.

Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science1942–20241 article

Daniel Chamovitz

Daniel Chamovitz is a molecular plant biologist and the former president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, best known for his popular-science book "What a Plant Knows" (2012), which turned questions about the limits of plant perception, memory, and sensation into an interdisciplinary conversation spanning biology and philosophy of mind. At Tel Aviv University he co-discovered the COP9 signalosome protein complex, later shown to play a role in animal development and human disease.

Molecular plant biology and the philosophical questions surrounding plant perception and cognitionb. 1963

Donald Johanson

Donald Johanson is an American paleoanthropologist best known for discovering "Lucy," a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974 — one of the most important finds in the history of human-origins research. He founded the Institute of Human Origins, and his work reshaped scientific understanding of human evolutionary history.

Paleoanthropologyb. 1943

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