Dr. C. A. Qadir (4 November 1909 – 1987) was a Pakistani professor of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. He was born in Pasrur,

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (, ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the Demographics of Pakistan, most populous province in Pakistan and the List of first-level administrative divisions by popu ...

Biography

He completed his early education in

Sialkot Sialkot (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 12th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined ...

, received a Master's degree in Philosophy from

Government College Lahore The Government College University (colloquially known as GCU; Punjabi, Urdu: ) is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded as Government College, Lahore, in 1864 under British administration, it became a university ...

in 1932, and later the D.Litt. from the University of the Punjab. He started his career as a lecturer at Government College Lahore and later joined the Punjab University from where he retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy. A founding member of the Pakistan Philosophical Congress, he was made its President for life. Dr.C.A.Qadir has written thirty books on philosophy,

ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

, and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

. His major work, ''Philosophy and Science in the Islamic World'' (Croom Helm, 1988; reprinted Routledge, 1990) is a critical study of

Islamic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—''falsafa'' (), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, mathematics, and p ...

. His other major books are ''The World of Philosophy'' (Lahore, 1965) and ''Logical Positivism'' (Lahore, 1965). He fathered five daughters and four sons. One of his grand-daughters (Dr Sara Qadir) is an OBGY Consultant. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists London-UK and has written many research papers in her field. His great granddaughter, Noor Irfan, is also a writer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qadir, C. A. Academic staff of the Government College University, Lahore People from Sialkot 1987 deaths 1909 births 20th-century Pakistani philosophers Government College University, Lahore alumni Academic staff of the University of the Punjab