Education:
BS, Applied Physics (Solid State), Tehran University, Iran, 1985.
MA, philosophy, Tehran University, Iran, 1989.
Ph.D., philosophy, Vrij Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, 1998.
Islamic studies, Islamic Institutes, Tehran, 1975-1985.

Career (now and before):
Associate Professor of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaii University;
Director in Charge and Editor in Chief of "Hekmat va Falsafeh" (Wisdom and Philosophy), Bilingual Academic Journal of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaii University.
Head of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaii University, 2002-2006.
Academic Member of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaii University, since 1994;
Head of the Department of "Philosophy of Religion and Theology", Center for the Study of Religious Thought and Culture, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran;
Academic Visitor in Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK;
Member of "British Society for Philosophy of Religion", Oxford, UK;
Member of "Iranian Association for History of Philosophy", Tehran;
Invited Professor in Sharif University and Tehran University (in Iran);
Collaborating Member of “Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies”;
Collaborating Member of “Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought”;
Collaborating Member of “Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute”;
Collaborating Member of "the Center for Medical Ethics, Ministry of Hygiene, Health and Medical Education";
International Member of “C.I.E. (Center for Islam in Europe)”, Gent (Belgium);
Director of “International Association of Mulla Sadra” since 2004;
Director of “Mizan Educational and Research Institute”, Tehran, Iran.

Areas of Teachings and Research Specialization:
History of Modern and Contemporary Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Science and Religion, General Logic, Philosophy of Descartes.

Books:
9- “Essays in Comparative Philosophy and Religious Studies”, Taha Publicaton, Qum, 2007.
8- “The Existence of God, Mulla Sadra's Seddiqin Argument versus Criticisms of Kant and Hume”, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Publication (SIPRIn Publication), Tehran, 2005.
7- “Philosophy of Religion” Second Volume with Revised first one. Hekmat Publishing Company, Tehran, 2005.
6- “Our Fundamental Challenges on: Religion, Science and Politics”, Institute for Developing Science and Research in Iran, Tehran, February 2005.
5- “The Philosophy of Religion 1870-1983”, Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought, Tehran, 2003.
4- “Philosophy of Religion”, Hekmat Publishing Company, Tehran, 1995.
3- Translation and Analysis of “God and Religion in Postmodern World”, Written by David Ray Griffin, published by “Aftabe Tose'e”, Tehran, 2002.
2- “Meanings and Problems in Philosophy of Religion”, Institute for Developing Science and Research in Iran, Tehran, 2002.
1- Two textbooks for all students in guidance schools which were published by the Ministry of Education and Training of Iran, 1983.

Articles in Refereed Journals:
23- "A Comparative Study of the Evolution of the Analysis of Causality in Modern Western Philosophy and Islamic Philosophy", Kheradnameh Sara, Quarterly Journal of Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Publication (SIPRIn Publication), No. 48, Tehran, August 2007.
22- "Development of Conception from God in Western Philosophy from Points of View of Three Cartesian Philosophers: Malebranch, Leibnitz, Spinoza", Vol.2, No.2, Academic Journal of Nameh Mofid, Vol.13, No. 58, May 2007.
21- "The Iranian Philosophical Trend in Its Present and Past Culture", Divinatio, Vol. 24, Autumn-Winter 2006.
20- "Philosophy in Contemporary Iran", Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, Volume 62, Number 2-4, April-December 2006. (international indexed journal in Philosopher's Index)
19- "Existence in Existentialism and Sadraean Principality of Existence, A Comparison", Pajooheshname Ulome Ensani (Research Journal of Human Sciences), University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Vol. 51, No.3, Autumn 2006.
18- "An Analysis of Cosmological Argument Compared with Necessity-Contingency Argument in Islamic Philosophy", Qabasat, Vol.11, No. 3, Tehran, 2006.
17- "The Principality of Existence and the Problem of Evil", Journal of Islamic Philosophy, Vol. 2 No. 1, spring 2006, Cambridge.
16- "Hermeneutical Considerations in Translation of Philosophical and Religious Texts", Translation Studies, Volume 4, Number 15, Autumn 2006.
15- "The Need for Presentation of Political Thought Based on Sadraean Point of View", Kheradnameh Sara, Quarterly Journal of Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Publication (SIPRIn Publication), No. 43, Tehran, May 2006.
14- "Varieties of Postmodern Theology: A Critical Assessment from Philosophical Point of View", Hekmat va Falsafeh (Wisdom and Philosophy), Academic Journal of Philosophy Department of Allameh Tabatabaii University, Vol. 2, No. 1, Tehran, May 2006.
13- "A Philosophical-Islamic Viewpoint to the Problem of Meaninglessness of Religious Statements", Language and Linguistics Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, January 2006.
12- "The Principality of Existence and the Problem of Evil", Journal of Islamic Philosophy, Vol. 2 No. 1, spring 2006, Cambridge.
11- "A Survey on Two Paradoxical Views about Primary Essential Predication and Common Technical One", Philosophical-Theological Research, The Quarterly Journal of Qom University, Vol. 6, No. 4, Qom, Iran, August 2005.
10- "Analysis of Computational Approach toward Philosophy of Science", Hekmat va Falsafeh (Wisdom and Philosophy), Academic Journal of Philosophy Department of Allameh Tabatabaii University, Vol. 1, No. 2, Tehran, August 2005.
9- "Sadraean Transcendent Philosophy, Philosophy of the Present and Future", Kheradnameh Sadra, Quarterly Journal of Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute Publication (SIPRIn Publication), No. 39, Tehran, May 2005.

8- "The Influence of Religious Context in the Development of Science", Philosophical-Theological Research, The Quarterly Journal of Qom University, Vol. 5, No. 1-2, Winter 2004.

7- "A Comparison between Motahhari’s Philosophical Analysis of Ethics with the Husserlian Phenomenological Method", Maqalat wa Barrasiha, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, No. 74, 2004.
6- “Immediate Deductions and Their Necessary Explanations”, Academic Journal of Tabriz University, Vol. 49, Tabriz, Iran, No. 191, August 2004.
5- “The Question of God’s Existence”, Philosophical-Theological Research, The Quarterly Journal of Qom University, Vol. 3, No. 3-4, 2002.
4- Translation of “Dialectic of Plato” from Lectures on History of Philosophy, Hegel, Farhang Journal, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2002.
3- “Imam Ali on Truth and Falsehood”, Daneshgah Enghelab, No. 113, spring 2001.
2- “Liveliness of Philosophy in Iran”, C.I.E. Journal, Vol.2, No.1-2, University of Gent, Belgium, September 2000.
1- “Insufficiencies of Traditional Logic and Existential Fallacy”, in “Language and Literature”, No.7&8, Allameh Tabatabaii University, spring and summer, 1999.

Other articles:
4- “Borhani Seddiqin” (Seddighin Argument for proving the existence of God), Encyclopedia of Islamic World, III, B, Tehran, 1998.
3- “Eight Kinds of Relation between Science and Theology”, Ettelaat, Tehran, 1997.
2- “Meanings and Problems in Philosophy of Religion”, Qabasat, II, 1997.
1- “Ontological Argument or Necessity Argument?” in Sharieh Kherad (The Path of Wisdom), “Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought”, Tehran, 1997.

Papers Presented and Published in the Conferences:
34- "Imam Ali's Place as a Pioneer of True Justice in the Thought of Said Nursi", International Justice Symposium, Istanbul, November 18-20, 2007.
33- "An Analysis of Thinking Requirements and Methodical Characteristics of Religious Texts for Students" in Martyr Beheshty and Education and Training Conference, Ministry of Education and Training, Tehran, October 24, 2007.
32- "Transcendence of Indeterminate Human Identity in His Free Will Acts, A View from Transcendent Philosophy", The 10th Conference on Mulla Sadra, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute (SIPRIn), Tehran, May 21, 2007.
31- "Meaning, Possibility and Importance of Comparative Philosophy" in the Workshop of Comparative Studies in Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, February 24, 2007.
30- “Divine Justice in Said Nursi's Thought Compared with Mutahhari's One” International Conference on "Theodicy and Resurrection of the Dead in the Writings of Nursi", 19-20 November 2006, Istanbul, Turkey.
29- "An Analysis of Foundations of Dialogues among Religions in Intercultural Interaction", Intercultural Philosophy and the Contemporary World Seminar, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, 6-7 May 2006.
28- "The Interaction of Religion and the State, An Islamic Point of View", The Global Political and Social Order, in Expanding Human Consciousness Conference, Prague, 10-12 August 2006.
27- "Religious Context of Scientific Development", “Continuity and Change: Perspectives on Science and Religion”, Metanexus Conference, June 3-7, 2006, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
26- "The Need for Presentation of Political Thought Based on Sadraean Point of View", The 9th Conference on Mulla Sadra, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute (SIPRIn), Tehran, May 21, 2006.
25- "The Dilemma of Religion and the State in the Non-Arab Islamic World", Human rights and the renewal of religious discourse: How can the Arab world benefit from the renewal of religious discourse in the non-Arab Islamic world?, Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Alexandria, Egypt, 18 to 20 April 2006.
24- "Trends of Contemporary Islamic Philosophy", Department of Philosophy, Innsbruck, Austria, November 24, 2005.
23- "The Role of Media in Opportunities and Threats of Globalization for Religion", International Congress on Religion and Media, University of Tehran, Tehran, Nov. 2005.
22- "An Analysis of Kant’s Viewpoint on Necessity as a Logical and Non-existential Condition ", X Congresso Kant Internacional, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 4-9, 2005.
21- "Explanation and Evaluation of the Core of Political Views of Mulla Sadra", The 8th Conference on Mulla Sadra, Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute (SIPRIn), Tehran, May 21, 2005.
20- "A Study of Weaknesses of Philosophical and Theological Programs and Texts with Some Guidelines", Conference on Study of Texts and Resources of Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism, Institute for Humanity and Cultural Studies, Tehran, April 20-22, 2005.
19- "Critique of Kant’s Viewpoint on Necessity ", International Conference on Two Hundred Years after Kant, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, 20-22 November, 2004.
18- "A Comparison between Religious and Aesthetic Experiences", Conference on: Mysticism, Religious Experience and Dialogue among Religions, Tarbiyat Modarres University, Tehran, 11-12 October 2004.
17- “Foundations of Medical Ethics with an Emphasis on Iranian-Islamic Attitudes”, Medical Ethics: Global Issues and Multicultural Perspectives, Cambridge University, England, 7-9 June 2004.
16- "Sadraian Transcendental Wisdom, The Philosophy of Present and Future", Second International Congress on Mulla Sadra, Tehran, 21-25 May 2004.
15- "The Personal Characteristics of Martyr Motahhari as an Active Thinker", International Conference on Hekmat Motahhar, Tehran, April 2004.
14- "Evaluation of Philosophical Foundations of Hobbs and Lock’s Views on Peace", international conference on “World Peace”, Amedabad, India, 4-6 January 2004.
13- "How May Islam Participate in Globalization", International Conference on Religion and Globalization, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 27-August 1, 2003.
12- “God in Mysticism and Postmodern Thought”, an International Conference on “Ibn Arabi and the World Today”, University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, 24-26 October, 2002.
11- “Islamic Thought about Woman in Prof. Annemarie Schimel’s View” in the Conference “Mysticism as a Bridge between Cultures”, University of Tehran, Tehran, December 2002.
10- “Principality of Existence and the Problem of Evil”, in the conference “Cordoue et Ispahan: L’essor de la philosophie islamique après Averroes”, Strasbourg, 2-4 Avril 2003.
9- “The Philosophical Foundation of Religious Art”, Religious Art Conference, University of Tehran, Tehran, Dec. 2001.
8- “The Influence of Culture on Development in Science”, First International Philosophical Conference on “Science and Culture”, November 2001.
7- “Seddiqin Argument, An Islamic Solution for a Western Philosophical Problem”, in 29th Annual AMSS Conference, “Islam and Society in the 21st Century”, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, October 2000.
6- “A Report on Islamic Training in Iran”, in EURAMES 99 World conference, Gent (Belgium), Sep. 1999.
5- “The Importance of Studying Iranian Islamic Philosophy” in EURAMES 99 World conference, Gent (Belgium), Sep. 1999.
4- “Seddighin Argument of Mulla Sadra and Critiques of Kant and Hume against Proofs for the Existence of God”, in The World Congress on Mulla Sadra, Tehran, 1999.
3- “Historical Research in Science-Religion Problems in Our Society” in 11th annual Seminars of Hozeh and University, Religion and Natural Science, Qum, 1998.
2- “Criticism in Philosophy of Religion”, in “The Second Seminar for Philosophical Criticism”, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, 1999.
1- “Descartes and Philosophy of Religion” in the Seminar of “Descartes, the Founder of Modern Philosophy”, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, 1997.

Books Review:
12- Review of Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Philosophy, (ed) Vanhoozer, in Philosophical Letter, Vol.2, No.2, Academic Journal of Nameh Mofid, Vol.12, No. 56, November 2006.
11- Review of Philosophy of Religion, Norman L. Geisler, in Qabasat, II, Tehran, 1997.
10- Review of Physics and Metaphysics, Theories of Space and Time, Jennifer Trusted, in Qabasat, Vol.2, No.1, Tehran, 1997.
9- Review of Modern Theologians, David F. Ford ed., in Qabasat, Vol.2, No.1, Tehran, 1997.
8- Review of Faith and Rationality, Alvin Plantinga and Wolterstorff ed., in Qabasat, Vol.2, No.1, Tehran, 1997.
7- Review of God and Religion in the Postmodern World, David Ray Griffin, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.1, Tehran, 1998.
6- Review of The Rainbow of Faiths, John Hick, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.1, Tehran, 1998.
5- Review of Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology, William Lane Craig/ Quentin Smith, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.1, Tehran, 1998.
4- Review of Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, William L. Reese, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.2/3, Tehran, 1999.
3- Review of Evolution as a Religion, Mary Midgley, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.2/3, Tehran, 1999.
2- Review of The Reality of Time and the Existence of God, David Brian, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.2/3, Tehran, 1999.
1- Review of Classical and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Religion, John Hick, in Qabasat, Vol.3, No.2/3, Tehran, 1999.

Research Projects (Director and Collaborating Member):
10- Director in Charge and Editor in Chief of Hekmat va Falsafeh (Wisdom and Philosophy), Academic Journal of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran since 2004.
10- Editorial Member of Journals: (1) Philosophy, Academic Journal of Philosophy Department, University of Tehran; (2)Hekmat va Falsafeh (Wisdom and Philosophy), Academic Journal of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaii University, (3) Women Studies Quarterly.
9- Director of "International Conference on Two Hundred Years after Kant", Department of Philosophy, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, 20-22 November 2004.
8- Scientific Member of "The World Culture Report", by "UNESCO" and University of UCLA, California, Los Angeles, USA. Scientific Session "Culture, Globalization, Processes and Development", Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands, 20-22 September 2004.
7- Scientific Member of National Conference on: "Dialogue between Science and Religion", National Center of Medical Researches, Tehran, 1-4 May 2005.
6- Director of Second International Congress on "Mulla Sadra and Transcendental Wisdom", Tehran, 20-24 May 2004.
5- Enforcement of Project on "A Study on Published Works on Religious Studies in Iran", Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, 2003-2004.
4- Collaborating Member of the National Project on "Our Strategy on Medical Ethics", 2002.
3- Main Collaborating Member of the Project "Chronology of Philosophers", Center for Dialogue among Civilization", 2001-2003.
2- Main Collaborating Member of the Project "Collaboration between Hozeh (Seminary) and University", Supreme Consultant of Cultural Revolution, 1999.
1- Collaborating Member of the Project "Establishment of Research Center for Cultural Studies", Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, 1998.