Holding Conferences and Specialized Meetings

The Center for Compiling the History of Philosophy and the Scientific Society of the History of Wisdom and Philosophy have held a series of specialized meetings and conferences, which will also continue in future, in line with the demands of this huge Project. The list of the previous meetings and conferences and those which are forthcoming is given below:

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13)  13 December, 2012

Meeting of History of Philosophy (13)

A Review of the History of Ancient Philosophy

(Pre-Socratic Philosophers)

 

 

Time

Program

15.15 Recitation of some Verses in the Holy Qur’an
15.20 Opening the meeting and program announcement

 

Time

Speaker

Topic

15.30 Parviz Zia Shahabi Heraclitus, a Bright Night in the Middle of a Dark Day
16 Qasim Purhassan Anaxagoras
16.30 Discussion and Networking
17 Break

 

Time

Speaker

Topic

17.30 Ali Asghar Musleh Pre-Socratic Philosophers as the Meeting Point of the West-East Dialog
16 Mehrdad Malekzadeh Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Iranian Thought
18.30 Discussion and Networking
19 Break

 

 

12)  Tuesday, 18 October, 2011

(Program of “Ibn Sina and Islamic Philosophers”)

 

«Tuesday, 18 October, 2011»

 

 Opening Session: 8.00 – 10.00 am

Reciting the Qur’an and Listening to the National Anthem

Time

Name

Title

 8.15

 Qasim Purhassan (Conference Secretary)

 Opening Speech and Program Announcement

 8.30

 Professor Seyyed Mohammed Khamenei

 Ibn Sina: an Ishraqi Philosopher

 9.00

 Dr. Reza Dawari

 Ibn Sina’s Place and Role in Rational Thought

 9.30

 Gholamreza A’wani,

 Ibn Sina and Thomas Aquinas on Substance

 

Break

 

Session 1:   10.30 – 12

 Chair: Purhassan, Kalbasi

Time

Name

Title

 10.30

 Karim Mujtahidi

 Ibn Sina and the West

 11.11

 Mustafa Muhaqqiq Damad

 Ibn Sina’s Influence on Shi’ite Ijtihad (Exertion)

 11.30

 Qasim Purhassan

 Substance and the Immateriality of the Soul: a Comparison of Ibn Sina and Aristotle

 Lunch and Prayer break

 

Session 2: 13.50 – 15.10

Chair: Kalbasi, Muhajirnia

Time

Name

Title

 13.50

 ‘Aynullah Khadimi

 The Relationship between Providence and the Best Order and the Quality of Occurrence of Evil in Divine Decree in Ibn Sina

 14.10

 Muhammed J’afar Harandi

 Knowledge and Demand in Iranian Society

 14.30

 Muhsen Muhajirnia

 Ibn Muskuyah’s Political Philosophy

 14.50

 Yahya Yathribi

 A Critique of Ibn Sina’s Epistemology or an Endeavor for the Second Step

15.10

Break

 

Session 3: 15.30 – 17

 Chair: Kalbasi, Purhassan

Time

Name

Title

 15.30

 Hussein Kalbasi

 A Study of Ibn Sina’s Allegorical Treatises

 15.50

Gholamhossein Rahimi

 Nature and its Fundamental Principles in Ibn Sina and Abu al-Barakat Baghdadi

 16.10

 Maqsud Muhammedi

 Lokari, the last Sinan Peripatetic Philosopher

 16.30

Gholamhossein Ibrahimi Dinani

 Abul Hassan ‘Ameri

 End of the First Day of the Conference

 

 

«Wednesday: 19 October, 2011»

Session 4: 8.00 – 10.00

 Chair: Purhassan, Suleyman Heshmat

Time

Name

Title

8.00 Reciting the Qur’an and Beginning the Program

 8.20

 Reza Suleyman Heshmat

 Our Knowledge of non-Existents

 8.40

 Hamidreza Rezania

 Creator and Creation in Aristotle and Ibn Sina

 9.00

 Reza Rasuli Sharabiyani

 Formal Strategy in Sinan Logic

 9.20

 Asgari Suleymani Amiri

 Features of Sinan Logic

 9.40

 Nadr Shukrullahi

Ibn Sina in Andalusia

 Break

 

Session 5: 10.30 – 12

 Chair: Suleyman Heshmat, Seyyed Sadr al-Din Taheri

Time

Name

Title

 10.30

 Seyyed Sadr al-Din Taheri

 Substance’s being Substance and Accident’s being Accident

 10.50

 Mas’ud Umid

 A Review of the Theory of Primordial Nature in Ibn Sina and Descartes: A Step towards the Discovery of a Single Perspective

 11.10

 Murtada Haj Husseini

 Sinan Logic, Natural Language, and the Present World

 11.30

 Hassan Fathi

 Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Ibn Muskuyah’s Tahzib al-Akhlaq

 Lunch Break

 

Session 6: 13.50 – 15.15

 Chair: Mas’ud Umid, Fereshteh Nadri Abyanah

Time

Name

Title

 13.50

 Fereshteh Nadri Abyanah

 Intellect in Ibn Sina’s Ethical Theory

 14.10

 Muhsen Jahed

 Ibn Heytham and Machiavelli: Fundamental Principles of Ethics

 14.30

 Seyyed Mustafa Shahrayini

 A Study of Ibn Jozi’s Criticisms of Ibn Sina and Ghazzali in Talbis Iblis

14.50

 Murtada Shajari

 Prayer and its Role in Man’s Perfection in Ibn Sina

 Break

 

 Session 7: 15.30 – 17.00

 Chair: Purhassan, Fereshteh Nadri Abyanah

Time

Name

Title

15:30

 Yusuf Nozuhur

 Ibn Sina and the Problem of the Unity of the Intellect and Intelligible

15:45

 Reza Mahuzi

 Accidents’ Being Universal or Particular in Ibn Sina’s Philosophy

16

 Monireh Seyyed Mazhari

 Ibn Sina’s Innovations in Logic

16:15

 Hussein Atrak

 Ibn Sina’s Ethical Theory

16:15

 Qasim Purhassan

End of the Conference

 

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11)  26, 27 January 2011

(Farabi Conference)

Place: Sadr al-Muti’allihin Hall

« Wednesday, 26 January 2011»

 Opening Session: 9/10-10/15

 Reciting some Qur’anic verses and playing the National Anthem

Time

Name

Title

 9.15

 Qasim Purhassan (Conference Secretary)

 Opening Speech and Program Announcement

 9.25

 Professor Seyyed Mohammed Khamenei

 Farabi’s Place in the History of Islamic Philosophy

 9.50

 Dr. Reza Dawari

 Farabi, a Philosopher of Culture and Politics

 10.15

Break

 

Session 1: 10.30 – 12.10

 Chair: Qasim Purhassan

Time

Name

Title

 10.30

 Mustafa Muhaqqiq Damad

 Glorification of Existents in Farabi’s Philosophy

 10.55

 Manuchehr Saduqi Suha

 Hidden Link between Farabi and Ibn Sina

 11.20

 Qolamhossein Ibrahimi Dinani

 Farabi and the Realm of Speech

 11.45

 Qolamreza A’awani

 Knowledge in Farabi

 Lunch and Prayer break

 

Session 2: 13.45 – 15.15

Chair: Hossein Kalbasi

Time

Name

Title

 13.45

 Seyyed Yahya Yathrebi

 A Critique and Evaluation of Farabi’s Politics

 14

 Reza Suleyman Heshmat

 Farabi’s View of Numbers and Gradation in Intellectual- Historical Growth

 14.15

 Hossein Kalbasi

 A Glance at Farabi’s Ihsa’ al-‘Ulum

 14.30

 Qasim Purhassan

 Farabi and the Fundamental Problem of Language and Thought

 14.45

 Seyyed Sadr al-Din Taheri

 A Critical Study of a Part of al-Jam’ Bayn Ray al-Hakimayn

 15.15

 Ali Karbasizadeh

 Ideal City in Saint Augustine and Farabi

 

Session 3: 15.30 – 16.45

 Chair: Ali Moradkhani

Time

Name

Title

 15.30

 Yusuf Nozuhur

 A Study of Abu Nasr al-Farabi’s Sharh-i Risalah Zenon al-Kabir al-Yunani

 15.45

 Hassan Fathi

 Farabi and the Divine Plato

 16

 Ali Moradkhani

 Farabi in Strauss

 16.15

 Murtada Fathizadeh

 Foundations of Knowledge and Happiness in Farabi

 16.30

 Mansur Imanpur

 Farabi’s System of Ontology

 End of the First Day

 

 

«Thursday, 27 January 2011»

Session 4: 9 – 10.15

 Chair: Dr. Mujtahidi

Time

Name

Title

 9

 Karim Mujtahidi

 Farabi in Henry Corbin

 9.15

 Qolamhossein Rahimi

 Farabi, ‘Ilm al-Hayl, and Philosophy of Technology

 9.30

 Amir Nasri

 The Relationship between Philosophical and Literary Poetics in Farabi

 9.45

 Fereshteh Nadri Abyaneh

 Farabi’s Ethical Views

 10

 Sahar Kawandi

 Farabi’s Thoughts on Training

 Break

 

Session 5: 10.30 – 12

 Chair: Qasim Purhassan

Time

Name

Title

 10.30

 A’ala Turani

 Farabi, Happiness, and Political Strategy

 10.45

 Nadia Maftuni

 Explaining the Place of an Artist in Farabi’s Political Philosophy

 11

 Reza Mahuzi

 The Relationship between Politics and Ethics in Farabi

 11.15

 Murtada Puyan

 Farabi’s Philosophical Innovations and their Influence on the History of Islamic Philosophy

 11.30

 Munirah Seyyed Mazhari

 Farabi and the Philosophical Analysis of Prophethood

 11.45

 ‘Abdul’ali Shukr

 Leadership (Imamat) and Management in Farabi’s Thought

 Lunch and Prayer break

 

Session 6: 13.45 – 15.15

 Chair: Musa Akrami

Time

Name

Title

 13.45

 Yahya Ma’rufi

 Ontology in Farabi

 14

 Muhsin Muhajrnia

 Annihilation of Government in Farabi’s Political Philosophy

 14.15

 Sohrab Haqiqat

 Metaphysical Distinction of the Existence of a New Basic Quiddity for Introducing a New Philosophy

14.30

 Qolamhossein Ahmadi Ahangar

 Emanation and its Quality in Farabi and Plotinus

14.45

 Musa Akrami

 Classification of Natural and Mathematical Sciences in Farabi

15

 Marziyah Sadiqi

 Interaction between the Intellect and Revelation in Farabi

 Break

 

 Session 7: 15.30 – 16.30

 Chair: Muhsin Muhajirnia

Time

Name

Title

15:30

 Furuq al-Sadar Rahimpur

 Farabi’s Musical Sufism

15:45

 Tahereh Kamalizadeh

 Methodology of Aristotle and Farabi

16

 Hossein Hosseini Amin

 A Study of the First Leader and the Features of Leadership (Imamat) in Shi’ite Philosophy

16:15

 Behzad Muhammedi

 Argument of the Righteous in Farabi and its Culmination and Transcendence in the Words of ‘Allamah Tabataba’i

 End of the Conference

 

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10) 21 July 2010

(Conference on the History of Philosophy)

Place: Qazwin, International Imam Khomeini University

Theme: The Shi’ite Wisdom and Islamic Science and Civilization

Twenty two prominent professors delivered speeches in this Conference. Some of them are as follows:

* Professor Seyyed Mohammed Khamenei: “Origin of Isma’iliyyah

* Muhammed Sa’idi Mehr: “General Leadership (Imamat) in Isma’iliyyah

* Reza Dawari Ardakani: “The Relation between Farabi and Isma’iliyyah

* Ali Asghar Muslih: “An Epistemological Deliberation over the Relationship between Gnosis and Shi’ism

* Muhammed Hakkak: “Place of Philosophical Thought in Shi’ite Teachings”

* Karim Mujtahidi: “A Study of the Philosophical Components of Abu Y’aqub Sajistani’s Kashf al-mahjub

* Seyyed Yahya Yathrebi: “Relation and Origin of Sufism and the Isma’ilite Shi’ism

* Hamidah Chubak: “Archaeological Findings in Alamut and the Related Periods”

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9) 20 January 2010

Meeting of the History of Philosophy

 Place: The Institute, Sadra al-Muta’allihin Hall

Subject: Development of Philosophical Thought in Ancient Iran (4)

Speakers:

* Dr. Shirin Bayani (History of Ancient Iran), Philosophical Sources of Zoroaster

* Dr. Muhammed Taqi Rashed Muhassil (Ancient Languages), Moving from Material Life to Heavenly Life and an Explanation of the Related Concepts

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8) 5 May 2009

Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Scientific Society

 Place: The Institute, Sadr al-Muta’allihin Hall

Subject: Programming the Publication of the Journal of History and Philosophy

Speakers:

* President of the Institute

* Dr. Gholamhossein Khedri (Second Inspector)

* Dr. Hussein Kalbasi (First Inspector)

* Dr. Muhammed Ilkhani (Member)

* Dr. Reza Suleyman Hishmat (Member)

* Dr. Karim Mujtahidi (Member)

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7) 15 May 2009

Meeting of the President of the Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute with the authors of the series of A Comprehensive History of Philosophy and Wisdom

Place: The Institute, Sadr al-Muta’allihin Hall

Subject: A review of the works done so far, activity report of the Secretariat from the beginning until now, presenting the future programs, discussing the ideas and suggestions of the authors.

Speakers:

* President of the Institute

* Dr. Gholamhossein Khedri, the Scientific-Research Deputy of the Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute.

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6) Date: 4 March 2009

  • Place: The Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute, Sadr al-Muta’alihin Saloon

  • Topic: The History of Philosophical Thought in Ancient Iran (3)

  • Speaker:

  • Dr. Muhammed Rahim Sarraf (archaeology), “Culture of Elam”

  • Dr. Mahshid Mir Fakhrayi (linguistics), “Ahuramazda”

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5) Date: 14 January 2009

  • Place: The Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute, Sadr al-Muta’alihin Saloon

  • Topic: The History of Philosophical Thought in Ancient Iran (2)

  • Speakers:

  • Dr. Hussein Kalbasi (philosophy), “The Magi and Iranian Wisdom in Aristotle’s Works”

  • Atusa Mo’meni (Ph. D student, archaeology), “An Introduction to the Formation of Early Immigrant Governments in Ancient Elam”

  • Dr. Hekmatullah Mulla Salihi (archaeology), “The Eastern Origins of the Western Origin in History"

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4) Date: 6 October 2008

  • Place: The Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute, Sadr al-Muta’alihin Saloon

  • Topic: The History of Philosophical Thought in Ancient Iran (1)

  • Speakers:

  • Dr. Reza Suleyman Heshmat (philosophy), “A Comparative Study of the Philosophies of Ancient Iran and Greece”

  • Dr. Tahereh Haj Ibrahimi (religions and gnosis), “The Influence of Iranian Beliefs and Ideas on Judaism”

  • Mehrdad Malikzadeh (Ph. D student of archaeology), “Anaxagoras, Rationalism, Astronomy, and Materialism”

  • Dr. Zohreh Zarshenas (linguistics), “Mani, the Philosopher of Ancient Times”

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3) Date: 17 June 2008

  • Place: The Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute, Sadr al-Muta’alihin Saloon

  • Topic: History of Ancient Philosophy

  • Speakers:

  • Dr. Hussein Kalbasi (philosophy), “Whatness of the History of Philosophy”

  • Dr. Muhammed Taqi Rashid Muhassil (linguistics), “A Brief Introduction of Philosophical-Theological Texts of Ancient Iran”

  • Dr. Muhammed Ilkhani (philosophy), “Religion and Philosophy in Greece”

  • Dr. Jale Amuzgar (archaeology), “A Reference to Technical, Philosophical, and Theological Terms in Pahlavi Texts”

  • Dr. Ali Bigdeli (history), “Political and Social Conditions in Greece” - Professor Seyyed Muhammed Khamenei, “On History and Philosophy”

  • Dr. Hekmatullah Mulla Salihi (archaeology), “From Knossos to Ephesus”

  • Dr. Hassan Mu’allimi (philosophy), “The Innovativeness of Islamic Philosophy in Comparison to Greek Philosophy”

  • Dr. Janet Blake (philosophy), “The Social and Cultural Perspectives in Ancient Greece (in English)

  • Dr. Manuchehr Sani’i Darrebidi (philosophy), “The Theory of Knowledge in Greece”

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2) Date: 3 March 2007

  • Place: The Sadra Islamic Philosophy Institute, Sadr al-Muta’alihin Saloon

  • Topic: The Method of Using Archaeological Sources in the History of the Philosophy of Ancient Times (free discussion among philosophy and archaeology masters)

  • Participants:

    • Dr. Mulla Salihi, Professor Seyyed Mohammed Khamenei (the President of the Institute), Dr. Ilkhani, Dr. Chegini, Dr. Fazili, Dr. Neyestani)

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1) Date: 15 November 2006

  • Place: Tehran University

  • Topic: A Study of Ancient Civilizations Based on Archaeological Theories

  • Speaker:

    • Dr. Mulla Salihi (archaeology)

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