Mailing and Email Addresses:

Department of Philosophy The Islamic College

133 High Rd, London NW10 2SW UK

apaya@islamic-college.ac.uk Tel: + 44 20 8438 1202

General email address: alipaya@hotmail.com

Department of Theoretical Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation National Research Institute for Science Policy

No. 9, Soheil St., South Shirazi St., Molla Sadra Ave., Vanak Sq., Tehran, Iran

Department of Philosophy of Science Sciences and Research Branch Islamic Azad University

Daneshgah Blvd.

Simon Bolivar Blvd.

Postal Code: 1477893855 Tehran, Iran

Education:

PhD (Philosophy of Science) University of London (University College), 1995, Dissertation: An Argument in Defence of Scientific Realism

M.Sc. (Philosophy of Science) University of London (Chelsea/King’s College), 1985

M.A. (Philosophy) University of Tehran, 1980

B.Sc. (Electronics) Sharif University of Technology, 1976

Islamic Philosophy; Advanced Studies in the Islamic Philosophy under the personal tutorship of well-known traditional masters such as Ayatollah Murtada Motahhari, and Ayatollah Dr. Haeri. (1975-1982)

Current Academic Positions

Professor, Department of Philosophy, The Islamic College (affiliated with Middlesex University), (UK)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Theoretical Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation, National Research Institute for Science Policy (Iran)

Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy of Science, Azad University (Institute for Research and Sciences - Iran)

Previous Academic Positions Held:

(2008 - Present) Professor, Islamic College for Advanced Studies (affiliated with Middlesex University), (UK)

(2008 - Present) Visiting Professor, Azad University (Tehran - Iran)

(2012 - 2018) Visiting Professor, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

(2014 - 2017) Senior Advisor, Institute for Work-Based Learning, Middlesex University,

London

(2014 - 2015) Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy of Science, Tarbiyat Moddares University, Iran

(2011 - 2016) Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster (UK)

(2005 - 2011) Visiting Professor, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (UK)

(2000 - 2005) Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (UK)

(2008 - ) Professor, Department of Futures Studies, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP)

(2004 - 2008) Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Futures Studies, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP)

(2002 - 2004) Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Science and Society, National Research Institute for Science Policy (NRISP) (Tehran – Iran)

(2006 - 2008) Visiting Professor, Sharif University of Technology (Tehran - Iran) (1995 – 2000) Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Tehran

(28 August – 7 September 2007) Co-course Leader, Summer School, postgraduate seminars on Transition, Islam and Democracy, the Tenth International Summer School for Democracy, Belgrade.

(20 - 26 August 2004) Course Leader, postgraduate seminars on Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice, Alpbach Forum, Austria.

(2003 - 2004) Visiting Professor, Tarbiyat Modares University (Tehran - Iran) (2000 - 2001) Visiting Professor, Tarbiyat Modares University (Tehran - Iran) (1995- 1996) Visiting Professor, University of Allameh Tabatabaee (Tehran - Iran)

(1994) Teaching Assistant, University College London, Department of History, Philosophy and Communication of Science (London – UK)

(1988) Instructor, the Muslim Institute (London)

(1979 - 1983) Researcher, the Research and Educational Planning Bureau (Department of Education)

(1977 - 1979) Researcher, Department of Physics, Iranian Open University (Teheran) (1976 - 1977) Research Engineer, Faratel Electronics Co. (Teheran)

(1975 - 1976) Assistant Supervisor, Electronic Laboratory, Sharif University of Technology (Tehran)

(1974 - 1975) Teaching Assistant, Sharif University of Technology (Tehran)

Teaching

Islamic College: Postgraduate courses in Comparative Epistemology, Ethics, Methods and Perspectives in Islamic Studies, Western Philosophy, Muslim Social and Political Thought, Islam and Modernity, Islam and Modern Politics.

Aga Khan University (including Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations): Modern Islamic Thought, Approaches to the Study of Muslim Culture, Muslim Responses to Modernity and Postmodern Theories.

University of Westminster: Postgraduate courses in Islam & Democracy; Islam & Modernity; Human Sciences; an Undergraduate course in Islam & Politics in the Middle East.

Azad University: PhD Courses in Philosophy of Social Sciences

Sharif University of Technology: PhD Courses in Philosophical, Sociological and Ethical Aspects of Sciences & Technology Policy.

Tarbiyat Modares University: Postgraduate courses in Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

Amir Kabir University: Postgraduate courses in Western Philosophy

Allameh Tabatabaee University: Postgraduate courses in Modern Western Philosophy

University of Tehran: Postgraduate courses in Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology; Undergraduate courses in History of Philosophy, Ethics.

Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations: A Postgraduate course entitled, “Muslim Responses to Modernity and Postmodern Theories”

Research and Publications (1): Books (including authored books, edited anthologies & translations in English & Persian) Published and Forthcoming

1. Forthcoming

Ethics, Epistemology, and Religion: Further Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam, London & New York: Routledge, 2021.

Methods, Methodologies and Perspectives in the Humanities and Social Sciences (With Particular Reference to Islamic Studies): A Critical Rationalist Perspective, London: ICAS Press, 2021.

Analytic Philosophy: Problems and Perspectives, A second, revised and enlarged edition, Tehran: Tarh-e Nou, 2021. The first edition of this book had been awarded the Book of the Year Prize in 2004.

1. Published

Science, Society and Development: Essays on the Public Understanding of Science

(Tarvij-e Ilm dar Hiteh-ye Umumi), Tehran, National Institute for Science Policy, 2021.

Religious Science, Indigenous Science, and Islamic Science: Thinking the Impossible or Thinking Ahead of Time: An Anthology of Ideological Projects of Knowledge Production, Plus Two Critical Assessment of the Views of Two Iranian Thinkers on Science, Tehran: University Press Centre, 2021.

A new enlarged, annotated edition of Mortada Motahhari, Understanding the Islamic Sciences, with a new introduction, London ICAs Press, 2019.

Andishe Mostaqbal (Thinking about the Future: Essays Concerning Futures Studies), Tehran: Institute for Cultural and Social Research, 2018.

Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium: Themes from a Critical Rationalist Reading of Islam, London & New York: Routledge, 2018 & 2019. This book was awarded on 15^th May 2018 by the Iranian Embassy in London as one of the three best scholarly books on Iran and Islam published in 2017-early 2018.

Rah va Rasm-e Manzel-ha (Tools of the Trade: Essays on, and from the viewpoint of, Human Sciences), Tehran: Institute for Cultural and Social Research, 2018.

Greh Goshaee Be Shiveh-ye Philosophan va Mohandesan (Problem-solving in Accordance with the Approaches of Philosophers and Engineers: Essays Concerning Science, Technology and Science Policy), Tehran: Institute for Cultural and Social Research, 2017.

A Persian Translation of "A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, John Losee, Oxford University Press, 3rd English edition, 2001," Tehran: Samt University Press, 9^th expanded Persian edition (translator & co-author with Jalal Besharati), 2017.

Analytic Philosophy from the Perspective of Critical Rationalism, Tehran: Tarh-e Naqd Publications, 2016.

Habermas and Iranian Intellectuals (with Mohammad Amin Ghaneirad), Tehran: Tarh- e Naqd, 2016.

A Critical Pathology of the Underdevelopment of Social and Human Sciences in Iran (with H. Ebrahimabadi & B. Arvin), Tehran: Institute for Cultural and Social Studies, 2015.

A Survey of Some of the Futures Studies Exercises in Different Countries: Themes from the West and the East (editor), Tehran: National Research Institute for Science Policy, 2015.

The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue: An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy- Western & Islamic, edited by, Ali Paya, London: ICAS Press, 2014, second edition.

Iraq, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World, edited by Ali Paya & John Esposito, London & New York: Routledge, 2012.

Socio-Ethical Consequences of Convergent Technologies (with R. Kalantarinezhad), Tehran: National Research Institute for Science Policy, Summer 2011.

Technology, Culture and Ethics, Tehran: Pazhoheshgah-e Farhang, Honar va Ertebatat-e Islami (Institute for Culture, Art and Islamic Relations), 2009.

Western Philosophy, UK Islamic College for Advanced Studies (Affiliated with Middlesex University), 2009, (was Available on-line for the College’s Postgraduate Distance Learning Programme until 2015).

Comparative Epistemology (Textbook), UK Islamic College for Advanced Studies (Affiliated with Middlesex University), 2009, (was Available on-line for the College’s Postgraduate Distance Learning Programme until 2015).

University, Scientific Thinking, Innovation, and the Public Sphere, Tehran: Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 2005.

Cultural Studies in the Light of Futures Studies, edited by Ali Paya and Hossein Raghfar, Tehran: National Research Institute for Science Policy & Institute for Management and Planning Studies, 2005.

Epistemology and Methodology of Futures Studies, Tehran: National Research Institute for Science Policy & Institute for Management and Planning Studies, 2005.

Modern Technologies and Culture, Tehran: Institute of Culture and Technology, 2005.

Analytic Philosophy: Problems and Prospects, Tarh-e Nou, Tehran, 2003. (Winner of the Book of the Year Prize (Iran, 2004)

Think-Tanks: An Engine for Growth in the Twenty-first Century, Tehran: Ministry of

Science, Research and Technology, 2004.

A Persian Translation of The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Rationality and Science, Karl Popper, Routledge, 1994," Tehran, Tarh-e Nou, 2004.

Chief editor, supervising the Persian translation of Manuel Castells Trilogy: The Information Society (The Rise of the Network Society (1996), The Power of Identity (1997), and End of Millennium (1998) OUP), Tehran: Tarh-e No, 2003.

A Persian Translation of "Kant, Roger Scruton, Oxford University Press," Tehran, Tarh- e Nou, 1996. Second edition 2003.

Dialogue in the Real World: Quixotic Pursuit or Sine Qua Non?, International Centre for Dialogue Among Civilizations in collaboration with Tarh-e Nou, Tehran, 2002.

A Persian Translation of "The Lesson of this Century, Karl Popper, Routledge, 1998," Tehran, Tarh-e Nou, 1998.

A Persian Translation of A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, John Losee, Oxford University Press, 4th English edition, 2001, Tehran: Samt University Press, 4th Persian edition, 2017 (with a completely new chapter added by the author with the assistance of Jalal Besharati); First Persian edition from second English edition, Oxford University Press, 1980, published by Markaz-e Nashr-e Daneshgahi (The Iranian University Press), 1982.

Philosophy: A Text for College Students, Tehran, Ministry of Education (The Organisation for Producing Primary and Secondary School Text Books), 1981.

History of the World in the Twentieth Century: A Text Book for the Sixth-Formers, Tehran, Ministry of Education (The Organisation for Producing Primary and Secondary School Text Books), 1981.

Research and Publications (2): Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Reviews (in English & Persian)

1. Forthcoming

"Tusi’s Nasirean Ethics vs. Soroush’s Ethics of Gods: A Critical and Comparative Assessment,” chapter to be published in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Islamic Ethics, edited by Jafar Mahallati, 2021, (forthcoming).

“‘Islamization of Knowledge’: A Utopian Dream or a Viable Project? A Critique of the Views of Two Prominent Iranian Proponents of the ‘Islamization Project’”, European Journal for Philosophy of Sciences, 2021, (forthcoming).

“A Short Note on the Relationship Between Facts and Values”, Ethics, 2021, (forthcoming).

“The Epistemic Status of Fiqh: Replies to Some Objections and Criticisms”, Journal of Shii Studies Review (JSSR), 2021, (forthcoming).

“Shi‘as in Britain: The Earliest Cases (Parts III & IV)”, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies

(JSIS) 2021.

Review of What is Islam: The Importance of Being Islamic, by Shehab Ahmed, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies. 2021.

Review of The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology, edited by Sabine Schmidtke, OUP, 2016, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies. 2021.

Review of Peter Adamson, Philosophy in the Islamic World (Volume three of A History of Philosophy without any Gaps), Oxford: OUP, 2016, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies. 2021.

1. Published

The Persian translation of “Shariati’s Unfinished Project,” Siasat-Nameh, No. 15, pp. 129-142, 2021.

“The Effect of Sin on Scientific Knowledeg: a case study of Stephen Moroney’s approach from a critical rationalist point of view” (paper jointly written by Homa Yazdani and Lutfullah Nabavi), Philosophy of Science (Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies), 2020, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp, 203-223.

The Persian translation of “What and How Can We Learn from the Quran: A Critical Rationalist Perspective,” Bharestan (Journal of the Iranian Academy of Science), 7, Autumn 2020.

“Shi‘as in Britain: The Earliest Cases (Part II)”, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies (JSIS), Summer 2017 Volume X, Number 4 (Joint Paper with Dr Isa Jahangir). N.B. the above issue is the latest issue of the JSIS which due to the Journal’s backlog will be published in January 2020.

“Nihilism and the Information Technology”, Fasl Nameh Pazhohesh-haye Falsafi va Kalami (A Quarterly Journal of Philosophical and Theological Investigations) Joint Paper with Dr Alireza Mansouri), 2020.

“Fiqh as a Technology: Implications and Consequence”, (Joint Paper with Dr Alireza Mansouri), Falsafeh Tahlili (Analytic Philosophy), 2020.

“Shi‘as in Britain: The Earliest Cases (Part 1)”, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Summer 2017 Volume X, Number 3 (Joint Paper with Dr Isa Jahangir). N.B. the above issue is the latest issue of the JSIS which due to the Journal’s backlog has been published in October 2019.

“Science and Technology: Differences, Interactions, and Implications”, Falsafeh-ye Ilm (Philosophy of Science), Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 105-134, 2019 (Joint Paper with Dr Alireza Mansouri).

“Philosophical Relationship between Science & Technology”, Ravesh-Shenasi-ye Ulum- e Ensani (The Methodology of Human Sciences), Vol. 25, Consecutive number, 99, pp. 19-33, 2019 (Joint Paper with Dr Alireza Mansouri).

“Justice and Ethics as Totipotent Emergent Properties: A Critical Rationalist Perspective” in the Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies, Vol. 4, 2019, London: ICAS Press.

“Technology: Rationality and Criticizability vs. Justificationism”, (joint paper with Dr Alireza Mansouri and Ms. Sediqa Qayumi) Zehn (Mind) (Iranian Institute of Islamic Culture and Research), 2019.

“The Role of Intellectuals in the Public Sphere” (joint paper with Hossein Paya), Iran

(Newspaper) 2019.

“The Status of University in the Iranian Society in the 21^st Century: Critical Reflections on the New Functions of not a Very New technology”, in The Philosophy of University, edited by Reza Mahoozi, Tehran: Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, 2019.

“Replies to the Questions Concerning Habermas and the Iranian Intellectuals”, Qlam- Yaran: A Cultural-Social Monthly, November 2018, No. 14.

“A Brief, though Critical, Assessment of Iran’s First Science and Technology Roadmap”, Rhayaft, No. 71, Autumn 2018.

“Critical Rationalism as a Theoretical Framework for Futures Studies and Foresight”,

Futures, no. 96, 2018, pp. 104-114.

“Science and Technology: Differences, Interactions, and Consequences” (joint paper with Dr Alireza Mansouri), Philosophy of Science (Iranian Institute of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies), No.2, Vol. 8, Fall 2018, pp. 105-134.

“A Critical Assessment of Allameh Tabatabaee’s Methodological Approach and methods of interpretation in his Magnum Opus, Tafsir al-Mizan from a Critical

Rationalist Point of View”, in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies, Vol. 3, 2017, London: ICAS Press, 2018.

“Fotowwat (Altruistic Magnanimity), Javānmardī (Chivalry) and Pahlevānī (Ethical Heroism) in the Iranian-Shi'i Thought”, Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook, The Russian Academy of Science, No. 8, 2017, pp. 373-379.

“Religious Intellectuals and a Desired Model of Governance” (joint paper with Hossein Paya”, Zeitoon, 11 November 2017, https://zeitoons.com/57289

“Further Replies to Critics Concerning the Epistemic Status of Fiqh”, “Sadra, A

Specialist Quarterly for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Autumn 2017.

“A Popperian (Critical Rationalist) Approach to Religion”, in Karl Popper and the Problem of Change, edited by Halil Rahman Acar, Ankara: Research Institute for Philosophical Foundations of Disciplines, 2017.

“The Epistemic Status of Fiqh”, International Journal of Islam, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2017.

“How to Promote ‘Modern Critical Thinking’ in the Context of Islamic Studies in Virtual Environment?” in E-Learning and Islamic Studies: An International Conference, edited by Morteza Rezaee, London: ICAS Press, 2107.

“If Shariati Was Among Us Today” (co-authored with Hossein Paya), Azadi-ye Andishe, No. 4, Summer 2017.

Persian translation of “Transdisciplinary Approach: A Critical Appraisal from an ‘Islamic Perspective’”, in Farhangestn-e Ulum, the Journal of the Iranian Academy of Science, No. 61, Spring 2017.

“Muslim Philosophies: A Critical Overview”, Synthesis Philosophica, 62 (2) 279-294, January 2016.

“Fiqh and Engineering: Replies to Some Critiques”, Sadra, A Specialist Quarterly for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 20, Winter 2016, pp. 224-244.

“How to Improve the Efficiency of Human Sciences?”, Journal of Methodology of Human Sciences, Vol. 21, Number 84, 2016.

“The Disenchantment of Reason: An Anti-rational Trend in Modern Shi‘i Thought-

Tafkikis”, Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, Volume IX, Issue 4, 2016.

“A Critical Assessment of the Programme of ‘Islamic Science’ and ‘Islamisation of

Science/Knowledge’”, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 2015, Vol. 29,

No. 4, 311–335. (This paper was published in summer 2016 however its publication date is backdated due to the Journal’s being behind its usual calendar.)

“Some Critical Observations Concerning the Epistemological Status of Fiqh”, Sadra: A Specialist Quarterly for Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 17, Spring 2016, pp. 172-177.

“Social, Economic, Political, and Intellectual Changes in Iran since 1960s” (Paya, et.al.) in, Handbook of Wellbeing and Quality of Life in the Islamic World, edited by Richard Estes & Habib Tiliouine, Springer, 2016.

“Faqih as Engineer: A Critical Assessment of the Epistemological Status of Fiqh”, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 33 (1), 2016, pp. 25-51. A Persian translation of this paper has appeared in the Iranian Journal of Knowledge Studies in the Islamic University, No. 63, Summer 2015, pp. 173-198.

“Transdisciplinary Approach: A Critical Appraisal from an ‘Islamic Perspective’”, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), Vol, 32, No. 1, 2015, pp. 23-48. A Persian translation of this paper has appeared in Nameh Farhangestan Ulum (The Journal of the Iranian Academy of Sciences), New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 87-120.

Review of ‘East and West: Allama Jafari on Bertrand Russell, by Seyed Javad Miri, University Press of America, Inc. 2013’, Philosophy East and West, Vol. 65, 2015.

“What and How Can We Learn from the Quran: A Critical Rationalist Perspective”,

Islamic Studies, 53, no. 3, 2014, pp. 175-200.

“Abdolkarim Soroush: A Hesitant Rationalist,” Ishraq: Islamic Philosophy Yearbook, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, No: 6, 2015, pp. 264-272.

“The Irresolvable Contradictions of the Projects of Islamisation of Social Sciences and Humanities” in Prof. Gholamreza Awwani’s festschrift, Tehran: Academy of Philosophy.

“Islamic Philosophy: Past, present, and Future”, Philosophical Traditions, Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2014, pp. 265-321.

“Acquiring Knowledge with a Critical Mind”, Islam Today, September/October 2014 Issue 23, Vol. 2, pp. 16 – 19.

“Scepticism and the Problem of Acquiring Genuine Knowledge: Ghazzali and Popper”, in The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue: An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy- Western & Islamic, edited by, Ali Paya, ICAS Press, 2013.

“Is ‘Islamic Human Sciences’ Possible?”, Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 1. No. 1. 2013.

“Muslims and Modernity: After Two and a Half Centuries What Have We Learnt?

A Meta-Study of the Main Lessons of an Eventful Encounter”, Islam and Civilisational Studies, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2013, pp. 548-561.

“Imam Ali’s theory of Justice Revisited”, Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Vol. VI, No. 1, 2013, pp. 5-30.

“Is Innovation Rule-based?” Journal of Science & Technology Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2013, pp. 79-102.

“How indigenous are ‘indigenous sciences’? The Case of ‘Islamic Sciences’”, in Asia, Europe, and the Emergence of Modern Science: Knowledge Crossing Boundaries, edited by Aron Bala, Palgrave, 2012, pp. 147-166.

“Religious Technology: Nature and Possibility”, Journal of Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 18, no. 73, pp. 7-51.

Review of Michelangelo’s Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence by Raymond Tallis, 2010. London: Atlantic Books, in Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2012, pp. 236-238.

“Two Unorthodox Methods for Popularising Science”, Journal for Popularising Science, Vol. 1, No. 1. 2012, pp. 8-16.

Review of Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences, By Ali Zaidi (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2011), Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies Volume 23, Issue 3, May 2012, pp. 403-406.

“Islamic Democracy: A Valid Concept or an Oxymoron?”, in Iraq, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World, edited by Ali Paya & John Esposito, London & New York: Routledge, 2011.

“Introduction”, Iraq, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World, edited by Ali Paya & John Esposito, London & New York: Routledge, 2011.

“The Shape of the Coming Global Civil Society: Suggestions for a Possible Islamic Perspective” in The Islamic Philosophy Yearbook “Ishraq” edited by Janis Esots, published by the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2011, No. 2, pp. 290-305. Another version of the paper was published in ZNAKOVI VREMENA

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“The Misguided Conception of Objectivity in Humanities and Social Sciences”, in The Crisis of the Human Sciences False Objectivity and the Decline of Creativity, Edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Kuwait: Gulf University for Science & Technology Publications, 2011, (In Electronic Format), pp. 151-184.

Review of Resistance: The Essence of the Islamic Revolution by Alastair Crooke, 2009, Pluto Press, in Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2011, pp. 341-344.

Review of Science and Islam: A History by Ehsan Masood, BBC Publications, 2009, in the Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2011, pp. 231-233.

“Futures Studies in Iran: Learning through Trial and Error” (With H. Shoraka), Futures,

Volume 42, Issue 5, June 2010, Pages 484-495.

“The Reception of Kant and his Philosophy in Iran” (with Malekeh Shahi), Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010, pp. 25-40.

“How best to make sense of Science,” Hekmat va Falsafeh, Vol 4, No. 2, 2008, pp. 81- 109.

“A philosophical assessment of the implications of the issue of human dignity for

medical researches”, Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2008; 1:5, pp. 27-44.

“The Developments of the Philosophy of Science from the Beginning to the Present: A Cursory Overview”, Iranian Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Vol.1, No.2, 2008.

“The notion of 'Fotowwat' [altruistic magnanimity] in the Persian Athletic Sports”, in Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn and Roland Marti (Eds.) Jouer selon les règles du jeu - Playing by the Rules of the Game - Spielen nach den Spielregeln, Reihe: Transcultural Anglophone Studies 2008.

“Is Globalization a Dialogue Among Civilizations?” in Religious Thought, Vol. 20, Spring 2008.

Textbook: Comparative Epistemology (Islamic and Western Perspectives), UK Islamic College for Advanced Studies (Affiliated to Middlesex University), April 2008, (Available on-line for the College’s Postgraduate Distance Learning Programme).

Textbook: Methods and Perspectives in Social Sciences and Islamic studies, UK Islamic College for Advanced Studies (Affiliated to Middlesex University), August 2008, (Available online for the College’s Postgraduate Distance Learning Programme).

“Jonathan Dancy’s Particularism: A Critical Assessment”, The International Journal of Humanities, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 127 – 155, 2008.

“Public Understanding of Science: A Philosophical Appraisal,” Journal of Science Policy, Vol. 1, No.1, 2008.

"A Potent Weapon in the Battle for Hearts and Minds?" Review of Education in the Muslim World: different perspectives, by Rosarii Griffin (Ed), Oxford: Symposium Books, 2006, Higher Education Review, Vol. 40, No. 3, Summer, 2008.

“Hesitant Rationalism”, The CSD Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter 2007-2008.

“In Defence of Universal Moral Principles and Values”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Muslim World in Transition, Leeds: Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007, pp. 473-493.

“Iran’s Tryst with Democracy,” Seminar (Special Issue on Experiments with Democracy), edited by Peter de Sousa, No. 576, August 2007.

“Habermas and Iranian Intellectuals,” (with Mohammad Ghaneirad), Iranian Studies, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2007.

“A Critical Assessment of Dancy’s Particularist Approach to Ethics,” Dr Jahangiri’s Festschrift, Tehran: Hermes Publications, 2007.

“Critical Rationalism and Situational Logic: An Effective Approach to the Philosophy of Education”, Educational Innovation Quarterly, 2007.

“The Philosopher and the Revolutionary State: How Karl Popper’s Ideas Shaped the Views of Iranian Intellectuals,” Ali Paya and Mohammad Ghanei-rad, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 20, No. 2, July 2006, pp. pp. 185 – 213.

“Quantum Physics: A Case for Anti-Realism?” Hekmat va Falsafeh (Wisdom and

Philosophy), the Academic Journal of Philosophy Department, Allameh Tabatabaee University, Vol. 2, No. 2. July 2006.

“Secular Democracy – Theologizing Politics”, Learning for Democracy, Vol. 2, No.3, 2006.

“Popper in Iran,” in Karl Popper: A Centenary Assessment, edited by Ian Jarvie, Karl Milford, David Miller, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006.

“Recent Developments in Shi'i Thought” in Islamic Democratic Discourse: Theory, Debates, and Philosophical Perspectives ed. by M.A. Muqtedar Khan, New York and Oxford: Lexington Books, 2006, pp.123-148.

“What Does Dialogue Entail: The Broad Perspectives,” Proceedings of the InternationalConference on Environment, Peace and the Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures, UNESCO Publications, 2005.

“Bazargan: A Paradigm for Religious Intellectuals,” in Bazargan: The Pure Way: Proceedings of the Conference in Commemoration of Mahdi Bazrgan, Tehran: Kavir Publications, 2005.

“Critical Shiʻites”, The CSD Bulletin, Vol. 11/2- Vol. 12/1, winter 2004-5.

“Dialogue among Civilisations: The Theoretical Framework and an Actual Manifestation of an Idea,” in Dialogue Among Civilisations: Collection of Essays in Honour of President Mohammad Khatami, Tehran: Winter 2004-2005.

“For Scientific Realism and Against Constructive Empiricism,” Science & Metaphysics: Dr. Yusuf Ali-Abadi Festschrift, Tehran: Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 2004.

Review of Intellectuals and the State in Iran: Politics, Discourse, and Dilemma of Authenticity, by Negin Nabavi, Gainsville: University Press of California, 2003, published in Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3. Sep. 2004.

“Civil Society in Iran: Past, Present and the Future,” in Exploring Civil Society: Political and Cultural Contexts, Edited by Marlies Glasius, David Lewis and Hakan Seckinelgin, London: Routledge, September 2004.

“Karl Popper and the Iranian Intellectuals,” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Vol. 20, No.2, 2003, pp. 50-79.

“Iran in the Twenty-first Century: Prospect for a Cultural Renaissance?” Sharaf Nameh

(Dr. Sharafuddin Khorasani’s Festschrift), Hermes Publications, 2003.

“Dialogue in the Real World,” International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2002, pp. 201-222.

“The Importance of Dialogue,” CSD Bulletin, Summer 2002, Vol. 9, No. 2.

“Reciprocal Knowledge and the Philosophy of Heart: Can Situational Logic and Dialogue Help?” Proceedings of the Conference: Acte des Premiéres Assises Internationales de la

Connaissance Réciproque, Bruxelles, September 2002, pp. 94-112.

Review of Richard Khuri’s Freedom, Modernity and Islam: Toward a Creative Synthesis, Journal of Law and Religion, Spring 2001.

“The Future of Democracy in Iran”, CSD Bulletin, Summer 2000, Vol. 7, No. 2.

“Islam, Christianity, and Judaism: Can they ever live peacefully together?” Dialogue, Vol. 2, No. 3, Spring 2001.

"Muslim Identity and Civil Society: Whose Islam? Which Society?" Book Extra Publications, London, 2000.

"Philosophers Against Truth: The Cases of Harré and Laudan" The International Studies in Philosophy of Science Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 255-284, 1995.

"What is this thing called Islamic ethics: Review of Ethical Theories in Islam, Majid Fakhry [1991]" The Muslim News, August 1994, p.7.

"Critical Review of Islam and Modernism, by V.Martin, Tauris & Co., London, Crescent International, January 1992.

“Universities: How Can They Help Us Build A Better World?" (With N. Maxwell), in Modern Science in Crisis: A Third World Response, Third World Network Publications, Penang, 1988.

Journal Papers and Book Chapters in Languages other than Persian or English Arabic

“Ma Al-Ladhi Yomken Ta‘allamahu min al-Quran? Wa Kayfa? Desatun ‘Alā Dū’ al- ‘Aqlaniyah al-Naqdiyah,” Tajseer Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences – Qatar University, February 2021. https://journals.qu.edu.qa/index.php/tajseer

* “Al-Tawado al-Ma‘refi; Ṭariq al-Ḥal al-Falsafi li-Moḥārebata al-‘unf”, Isra’ News,

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“Ala al-Unf al-Siasi, Al-Islam al-Siasi, wa Dor al-Mothaqaffin” (On Political Violence, Political Islam, and the Role of Intellectuals), al-Rasid al-Tanwiri, Vol. 6, No. 24, Fall 2014, pp. 24-29.

“Fi Maʻni Al-Vasf Al-Dini Li-Al-Demoqratiah” (On the Meaning of the Notion of Islamic Democracy” in Al-Demoqratiah Fi Balad Muslim (Democracy in Muslim Countries) edited by, Towfiq Al-Saif, Qatif: Atyaf Publisher and Distributor, 2007.

“Al-Deimoqratiah Al-Islamiyah: Mafhoom Salim am Moltabas?” (Islamic Democracy: A Valid Concept or an Oxymoron?) Al-Kalemeh (The Word), Vol. 13, Sequential No. 52, Summer 2006.

German

“Die Gestalt der kommenden globalen Zivilgesellschaft: Vorschlä für eine mögliche islamische Perspektive”, Polylog: Zeitschrift Für Interkulturelles Philosophiern, 18, 2007, pp. 27-45.

"Die Zeitgenossische Entwicklung des Philosophischen im Iran", Fadscher, Vol 11., 1994.

Paper Presentations at Professional Conferences and Workshops

“Critical Rationalism and Religion”, paper to be presented at the First International Zoom Conference on the Philosophy of Karl Popper, 27^th and 28^th March, 2021

“A Critical Comparative Assessment of Allameh Tabatabaee’s Theory of E'tebariyyat, and John Searle’s Construction of Social Reality,” paper to be presented at the international interdisciplinary symposium "East - West: Comparative Philosophy and World Situation", organised by the Croatian Philosophical Society, which will be held in Cres (Croatia) between 20 and 23 September 2021, within the framework of the renowned international conference "Days of Frane Petric".

“The Quran vs. The Theory of the Evolution: A Critical Assessment of the Contrasting Views of Two Prominent Shi‘a Scholars of the 20^thc - Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaee & Dr Yadollah Sahabi” Paper to be presented at the sixth

International Conference on Shi‘a Studies,”, The Islamic College, London, 13 March 2021.

“A Brief Analysis of the Legacy of the Analytic Philosophy and Its Relation to the Intellectual Situation, Culture and Religious Thought in Iran,” paper presented at the conference on, “Ma va Falfafeh Tahlili” (Us and The Analytic Philosophy), Kaneh Andishmandan Ulum-e Ensani (The Society of the Human Sciences’ Scholars), Tehran 8 January 2020.

“A Critical Review of The Architecture of Science in Iran, by Reza Mansouri, Tehran: The Institute for Cultural and Social Studies, 2018,” paper presented at the Conference of University and Culture, Khaneh-e Ketab (The Book Society), Tehran, 30 September 2019.

“A Second Look at the Legacy of the Logical Positivism,” paper presented at the “Neshast-e Nokhbegan-e Ulum-e Ensani” (the meeting of the elite practitioners of the human sciences), Qom, 8 August 2019.

“Promotion of Science in the Public Sphere: Obstacles and Difficulties”, Paper presented at the International Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Tehran, 17-19 June 2019.

Paper presented at the “Meet the Author” meeting at the Islamic College in London on 8 March 2018 the occasion of the launch of my book Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium, London & New York Routledge, 2018.

Paper presented at the Iranian Embassy in London on the occasion of receiving the Embassy's Prize for the best books on Iran & Islam published in 2017 and 2018. The prize was given for my book Islam, Modernity and a New Millennium, London & New York Routledge, 2018.

“Are We There Yet: On the Saga of Islam and Modernity”, Paper presented at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, 25^th April 2018.

“On the Importance of Ethics”, presented at the Launch of the handbook entitled Parental Responsibility and Commitment towards Creating a More Ethical World, organized by Virtue Ethics Foundations, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, 12 March 2018.

“Justice and Ethics as Totipotent Emergent Properties: A Critical Rationalist

Perspective”, Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Shi‘i Studies,

London 5-6 May 2018.

“A Critical Assessment of Allameh Tabatabaee’s Methodological Approach and methods of interpretation in his Magnum Opus, Tafsir al-Mizan from a Critical

Rationalist Point of View”, Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Shi‘i Studies, London 6-7 May 2017.

“The Epistemic Status of Fiqh and Sharia Law”, paper presented at the British Association for Islamic Studies, 11th to 13th of April 2017, University of Chester, UK.

“A Critical Assessment of Different Interpretations of Imam Hossein’s Uprising”, in Union of Islamic Student Association in Europe, London, 4 February 2017.

“Introducing Critical Rationalism to the Iranian Public: An Account of a Personal Intellectual Journey”, paper presented at the panel on Comparative Philosophy in Iran, at Iranian Studies Conference, 2-5 August 2016 (Vienna).

“The Disenchantment of Reason: An Anti-rational Trend in Modern Shi‘i Thought- Tafkikis”, paper presented at the 2^nd International Conference on Shi‘a Studies, 7-8 May 2016, London.

“Islamic Studies in the Light of Futures Studies: A Critical Assessment”, paper presented at a Seminar at the Islamic College, 19 April 2016.

“A Critical Rationalist Approach to Religion”, paper presented at Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, 18 April 2016.

“A Popperian (Critical Rationalist) Approach to Religion”, paper presented at the International Symposium on Karl Popper and the Problem of Change, Ankara, 18-22 September 2015.

“Critical Rationalism vs Doctrinal Dogmatism and Violent Radicalism: Muslim Intellectuals in Iran”, paper presented at the XXIth International Associations of History of Religions World Congress, Erfurt, Germany, 22-29 August 2015.

“A Critical Assessment of Foresight Methodologies”, paper presented at the International Conference on Foresight 22-25 June 2015, Athens, Greece

“Doctrinal Certainty: A Major Contributory Factor to ‘Secular’ and ‘Religious’ Violence in the Political Sphere”, Presented at the Conference on “Political Violence beyond the Secular / Religious Divide”, University of Leiden, 19 September 2014.

“How can a Popperian methodology shed light on the debates concerning the

Islamization of science/knowledge?” Paper presented to the Symposium on Karl Popper and the Open Society, at Lebanon Valley College at Annville, Pennsylvania, 16-18 September 2014.

“On the Strengths and Weaknesses of Engineering”, paper presented at the National Conference on Culture & Technology: Cultural Reflections on Rapid Industrialisation, Tehran, Sharif University, 10-12 May 2014.

“Faqih as Engineer: A Critical Assessment of the Epistemological Status of Fiqh”, Al- Mahdi Institute, Birmingham, 19 December 2013.

“Islamic Philosophy: Past, present, and Future”, Paper presented at the Royal Society of Philosophy’s Series on Philosophical Traditions, London: 1 March 2013.

“Muslims and Modernity: After Two and a Half Centuries What Have We Learnt?

A Meta-Study of the Main Lessons of an Eventful Encounter”, Paper presented at the Aga Khan University, London, 26 September 2012.

“The Misguided Conception of Objectivity in Humanities and Social Sciences”, paper presented at the international conference on The Crisis of the Human Sciences False Objectivity and the Decline of Creativity, Kuwait: Gulf University for Science & Technology Publications, March 6-8, 2011.

“Futures Studies in Iran: Learning through Trial and Error” paper presented at World Future 2009: Innovation and Creativity in a Complex World, Chicago, Illinois, July 17- 19, 2009.

“How indigenous are ‘indigenous sciences’? The Case of ‘Islamic Sciences’”, paper presented at the international conference on Asia-Europe Dialogue and the Making of

Modern Science, Singapore, 7-8 May 2009.

“Liberal Democracy vs. Religious Democracy: Symbiotic Reciprocity or Mutual

Exclusivity?” paper presented at the conference on Iranian Theocracy & Democracy: Convergence or Contradiction, Centre for the Iranian Studies, Durham University, 10 December 2008.

“The Discourse of Muslim Intellectuals in Iran: A Progressive Research Programme”, paper presented at the conference on Islamism, Democracy and Arab Intellectuals: The Missing Dimension in Democracy Promotion, Two-Day Conference Organised Jointly by the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, London, 4-5 December 2008.

“Civil Society in Islam”, keynote speech presented on the occasion of Yaum Ali at the Ismaili Centre in London, 25 June 2008.

“Futures Studies and the Future of Values”, paper presented at the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, 13 May 2008.

“Critical Observations Concerning Technology Development”, Paper presented at the Conference on Technology Development, Sharif University, Tehran, 21 January 2008.

“Futures Studies and Shaping the Future: Reflection on Futures Studies Activities in Iran”, Paper presented at the conference: Iran 1400, University of Tehran, 26-27 November 2007.

“A Critical Assessment of the Role of Approaches Based on Futures Studies/Foresight in Modern Strategic Thinking”, Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Strategic Management, Tehran, 13-14 November 2007.

Transition, Islam and Democracy, the Tenth International Summer School for Democracy, 28th August – 7th September 2007.

“The Relations between Iran and the West after September 11”, Panel Discussion: Islam and Democracy after September 11, The National Library of Serbia and the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence in collaboration with the Anglo-Serbian Society, Monday, August 27, 2007.

“How best to make sense of Science,” paper presented the conference on Indigenous Science, Universal Science: Possibility or Impossibility, Tehran: Faculty of Social sciences, University of Tehran, 29 May 2007.

“Critical Observations On the Two Notions of ‘Islamic Sciences’ and ‘Indigenous

Science,’ Paper presented to the National Congress on Human Sciences: Present Status, Tomorrow’s perspective, Tehran, 13-15 March 2007.

“Abdolkarim Soroush: A Hesitant Rationalist,” Paper presented at CSD’s Encounter, University of Westminster, November 2006.

Reciprocal Knowledge: How far have we travelled since Montesquieu’s Persian Letters?”

Paper presented at Transcultura Conference on India/Europe: Strategies for Reciprocal Knowledge, 24 November 2006, Brussels.

“Secular Democracy - Theologizing Politics?” paper to be presented at Alpbach

Political Symposium 2006, on “Quest for Certainty and Security” Sunday, 27 August, to Wednesday, 30 August 2006.

“The Future of Religion in Modern Age?” paper presented to a one-day seminar on Religion and Modernity, organised by the International Institute for Dialogue Among Religions, Tehran, 17 August 2006.

“The notion of 'Fotowwat' [altruistic magnanimity] in the Persian Athletic Sports”, paper presented to Transcultura Workshop on To play by the rules of the game Merzig/Germany, 10-14 July 2006.

“Pitfalls, Dead-ends, and Highways in the Road from Tradition to Modernity - The Case of One Muslim Country: Iran,” Paper presented at the Muslim Institute’s Brain Storming Seminar Series, London, 8 April 2006.

“The Iranian Experience of Modernity: Critical Observations,” Paper presented at the centre of the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, 4 April 2006.

“Democracy and Islam,” Paper presented at the Ismaili Research Institute, London, 29 March 2006.

“Present Status of Humanities and Social Sciences in Iran,” Paper presented at the German-Iranian Workshop on Quality & Relevance in Higher Education, Institute for Socio-Cultural Studies, University of Kassel, February 27 – March 3, 2006.

“Science and Religion: Constructive Interaction or Destructive Rivalry?” Paper presented at the International Institute for Dialogue Among Religions, Tehran, 20 Dec. 2005.

“Evolutionary Epistemology,” Paper presented at the Iranian Academy of Philosophy on the Occasion of the International Day of Philosophy, 20 Nov. 2005.

“What Does Dialogue Entail: The Broad Perspectives”, Paper read at the International Conference on Environment, Peace and the Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures 9-10 May 2005.

“Islamic Democracy: A Valid Concept or an Oxymoron?” Paper presented to the International Conference on Islam and Democracy, Mashhad (Iran), December 2004.

“Philosophy of Science in the Twentieth Century”, Paper presented at the Iranian Academy of Philosophy, Tehran, 5 January 2005.

“Public Communication of Science: What? Why? How?” Paper presented at the Iranian Society for Social Sciences, 12 January 2005.

International Workshop on Islam and Democracy, Tehran, 2 December 2004.

“On Analytic Philosophy,” Paper presented at the Iranian Academy of Philosophy on the Occasion of the International Day of Philosophy, 20 Nov. 2004.

Transcultura International Conference on Law and Peace, (Roundtable Discussion), 1-2 October 2004, Merzig, Germany.

Course Leader for the Seminar on Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice, Alpbach Forum, Austria, 20-26 August 2004.

“Freedom, Democracy and the Social Justice: The Impact of Science and Technology,” Paper presented at the Seminar on Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice, Alpbach Forum, Austria, 20-26 August 2004.

“Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice: Muslim Identity and Civil Society: Whose Islam? Which Society?” Paper presented at the Seminar on Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice, Alpbach Forum, Austria, 20-26 August 2004.

“Freedom, Democracy and the Social Justice: The Role of Dialogue,” Paper presented at the Seminar on Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice, Alpbach Forum, Austria, 20-26 August 2004.

“Democracy: Threat or Opportunity?” Paper presented to the Seminar on Democracy at the Association of the Iranian Researchers, London, 14 August 2004.

“Science, Technology and Democracy,” Paper presented at the Association of the Iranian Students in the UK, London, 13 August 2004.

“Islam and/or Democracy?” Paper presented at the Gulf Cultural Club, London, 17 July 2004.

“A Brief Reflection on the Most Important Causes of the Success of the Centres of Excellence,” Keynote Speech delivered at the International Conference on the Centres of Excellence, Tehran, 11-12 May 2004.

“Why Philosophy is Underdeveloped in Modern-day Iran”, Paper delivered at the Iranian Society of Philosophy Teachers, Tehran, 10 May 2004.

Workshop on Transition to Democracy, Tehran, Institute for Management and Development, 4-5 May 2004.

“Cultural Memes and the Future of Culture in Iran,” Paper presented at the workshop on Cultural studies and Futures Studies, Tehran, 1 May 2004.

“Globalisation, Science, Technology and Development: Critical Remarks Futures Studies Point of View,” Paper presented at the Conference on Policies and management of Development, Tehran, 7-10 March 2004.

“Yes Virginia, Dialogue Can Make a Difference: Dialogue, Pluralism, and the Future Trends,” Paper presented at the bi-lateral conference Encuentro Hispano-Irani Sobre El Dialpgo De Civilizaciones, Toledo- Spain, 15-16 December 2003.

“A Critical Appraisal of Lyotard’s Postmodern Conditions,” Paper presented at the National Research Institute for Science Policy in November 2003. An edited version of this paper has appeared in NRISP Newsletter, December 2003.

“Intellectual Fads and the Impoverishment of Human Sciences in Iran,” Paper presented at the University of Tehran, November 2003.

“Obstacles to the Development of Human Sciences in Iran,” Paper presented at the Workshop on Human Sciences in Iran organised by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Latyan, December 2003.

The Middle East and Western Values: A Dialog with Iran, (Roundtable Discussion), Korber-Stiftung Forum for Impulse, 24-25 October 2003, Isfahan, Iran.

“What is this thing called ‘Situational Logic’?” Paper presented for the International conference on Popper’s Influence on the 20^th Century Thought, Tehran, 29 September 2002.

“Popper in Iran,” paper presented at the Karl Popper Centenary Congress, Vienna, 3-7 July 2002.

“Is Globalization a Dialogue Among Civilizations?” Paper presented at the International Conference on Globalization and Dialogue, the University of New York at Binghamton, 12-14 April 2002.

“Reciprocal Knowledge and the Philosophy of Heart: Can Situational Logic and Dialogue Help?” Paper presented at the First International Congress for Reciprocal Knowledge, Brussels, 14-15 November 2001.

“Civil Society in Iran,” Paper presented at the International Workshop on Global Civil Society, London School of Economics, 24-26 September 2001.

“The Enigma of Tolerance,” Paper presented to the International Conference on The Idea of Tolerance, Tehran, 14 December 2001.

“Dialogue in a Real World: Quixotic Pursuit or Sine Qua Non?” Paper presented to the International Conference on Dialogue and Difference, London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 12-14 September 2001. Another version of this paper was presented at the International Conference on Global and Multicultural Dimensions of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy: Africana, Jewish, Greek, Christian, Islamic, and Asian Traditions, Binghamton University, SUNY, October 26, 27, and 28, 2001.

“Thought Experiments: Do they have the epistemic tooth?” Paper presented at CSD Seminar, March 2000.

“The Future of Universities and the Universities of Future”, Paper presented to the 24th gathering of the Educational Deputies of the Iranian Universities, Shiraz, 25-26 January 2000.

“Islam, The Iranian Society, and the Iranian Universities: The Challenges of the Third Millennium”, Paper presented for the International Conference on the University, Society, and the Islamic Culture, Tehran, 29-30, November 1999.

“Iran in the Twentieth Century: Prospect for a Cultural Renaissance?”, Paper read at the International Conference on Iran in the 21st Century, Nicosia, 18-20 June 1999.

“ ‘Intuition’: Do we really need it in our knowledge-garnering pursuits?”, Paper presented for the International Conference on Molla Sadra’s Thought, Tehran, 15 -20 May 1999.

“Islam, Christianity, and Judaism: Can they ever live peacefully together?” Paper presented for the International Conference on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Divinity in a Political World, 3-4 May 1999, Limassol, Cyprus.

“The Islamic Revolution and the Role of the Intellectuals”, Paper presented at the Seminar on The Islamic Revolution of Iran: Causes & Impacts, Oakland, 20 February 1999.

"Muslim Identity and Civil Society: Whose Islam? Which Society?” Paper presented at the International Conference on Muslim Identity in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenges of Modernity, University of London (SOAS), 31st Oct. - 1st Nov. 1998

"A Philosopher Looks at the Issue of the Dialogue Among Civilisations", Paper presented for the International Conference on "The Nature of the Dialogue Between Civilisations", Tehran, 13-14 December 1998.

“The Place of Cultural Studies in a Civil Society”, Paper presented at the Seminar of Cultural Development and the Research Priorities, University of Tehran, December 2003.

"The View From Nowhere: Critical Review of D. Shayegan's Cultural Schizophrenia: Islamic Societies Confronting the West,” Paper presented at the Conference on Islam in the Modern World, University of London, February 1995.

"The Development of Philosophical Thought in Contemporary Iran", Paper read at the Institute for Contemporary Studies, University of Helsinki, March 1994.

A German translation of this paper entitled "Die Zeitgenossische Entwicklung des Philosophischen Denkens im Iran" has appeared in Fadschr, Vol. 11, September 1994 pp.17-26.

"Whither Scientific Realism?" Paper presented at the Conference on Physics and Philosophy, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, January 1991.

"Universities: how can they help us build a better world?” Joint Paper presented to the "International Conference on Crisis in Modern Science", Penang, Malaysia, November 1986.

"Iran and the Problem of Choosing the Most Relevant Technology", Paper presented at the Annual Gathering of UK-Based Iranian Scientists and Researchers, City University, London 1990.

"The Relevance of Iqbal's Thought for Contemporary Islam", Paper presented at the International Conference on Islamic Ideas and Ideals, University of London (Institute of Education), 21-22 August 1989.

Supervision of PhD Theses and Master Dissertations

Until 2018, supervision of more than 20 successful PhD Theses and about 100 successful MA Dissertations.

Membership of Journals’ Editorial and Advisory Boards

Science and Technology Policy The Journal of Dialogue Studies Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies

Falsafeh-ye Tahlili (Analytic Philosophy) Philosophical Investigations

Rahyaft

International Journal of Islam (IJI)

Falsafeh-ye Ilm (Philosophy of Science)

Ravesh-Shenasi-ye Ulum-e Ensani (The Methodology of Human Sciences) Journal of Islamic Research

Journals Referee

Foresight

Journal of Law and Religion Asian Journal of Social Science Research in Political Sciences Political Studies

Science and Technology Policy Rahyaft

Falsafeh-ye Ilm (Philosophy of Science)

Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies

Ravesh-Shenasi-ye Ulum-e Ensani (The Methodology of Human Sciences)

Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education Hekmat va Falsafeh

Policy & Politics Futures

Journal of the Iranian Association of Political Sciences

Islamic Studies

Journal of Islamic Research

Projects

“Shi‘a Muslims in the UK: A Critical Account of the Contributions of Shi‘a Muslims to the Religious, Cultural, Academic, Social, Political and Economic Life in the UK Since the 19^th Century”, The Islamic College (London), 2018-2020.

“Implications of an Effective Philosophical Approach to Technology”, Iran National Science Foundation (Project No. 95842765), 2018-2020.

“A Critical Exploration of the Notion of Innovation and its Optimal Application to the Scientific, Technological, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Development in Iran”, National Research Institute for Science Policy, 2020.

Making Human Sciences Applicable to Real Life Issue: Possibilities and Threats, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2020.

Reviewer of the project of “Developing Curriculum and Educational Content for Research Ethics,” Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology, 2020.

Reviewer of the project of “Guidelines for Writing Lay Summary in the Field of Water Management Research,” Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology, 2020.

“Cultural Development in Iran until 2025: A Prospective Research”, The Expediency Council, 2009-2011

A Futurist Study Concerning the Impacts of NBIC technologies on Ethical, Social and Political Spheres in Iran until 2025, The Expediency Council, 2008-2010

“Human and Social Sciences in Iran: A Critical Pathology”, Institute for Cultural and Social Studies, 2008-2009.

“The Impact of the Fourth Wave of Scientific & Technological Development on Iran’s Culture and Society”, National Research Institute for Science Policy, 2007-2008.

“Critical Assessment of the Main Techniques Used in Futures Studies”, National Research Institute for Science Policy, 2007-2008.

“Critical assessment of some of the Major International Foresight and Futures Studies Projects”, National Research Institute for Science Policy, 2006-2007.

“Democracy in Iran”, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, 2006.

“Karl Popper and Culture”, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, 2005-2006.

“Pamfa 1404: A Pilot Project for a National Technology Foresight”, National Research Institute for Science Policy, 2005-2006

“Emerging Technologies and Culture”, Institute for Culture, Art, and Communication, 2006.