Mahmoud Khatami (Persian: محمود خاتمی; born 1962 or 1963) is an Iranian philosopher.

Life

Mahmoud Khatami grew up in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

. Showing an early interest in humanities, he attended the Seminary of Islamic Studies, which gained him the traditional degree of ''

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'', the highest level in Islamic religious and theological learning. Concurrently, he attended the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

to pursue his secular education for the BA, MA and MS degrees. He also received two PhD degrees in philosophy from Iranian institutions, one in 1987 and one in 1992. Afterwards, he furthered his education in

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, where he was awarded a further PhD in the field of Philosophical Psychology at the

University of Durham , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills ( Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_ch ...

in 1996. Returning to Iran, he was appointed to the Department of Philosophy at

in 1997 where he is now a Professor of Contemporary Philosophy. In 2002, he was made a Fellow of Iran's Academy of the Arts. He as served as a visiting professor at other Iranian and Western universities, and has received awards for his academic excellence both inside and outside Iran. In 2014, he was accused of plagiarism. The journal ''Topoi'' retracted one of his articles and the journal editor discussed Khatami's plagiarism in an editorial.

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Faculty of Human sciences, University of Tehran

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