Reza Davari Ardakani (; born 6 July 1933, in Ardakan) is an Iranian philosopher who was influenced by

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers a range of topics including metaphysics, art ...

, and a distinguished emeritus professor of philosophy at the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

. He is also the current member of the Iranian Academy of Sciences and former President of

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from 1998 to 2023. He is known for his works on Intellect, politics, and underdevelopment. Davari4

Life

Davari received primary and secondary education in Ardakan, and after finishing school became a teacher in 1951. In 1954, he entered the

as an undergraduate, gaining a BA and in 1967 a

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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 ...

.Şerif Mardi, ''Cultural transitions in the Middle East'', 1994, BRILL, p. 238. He is currently

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Emeritus of philosophy at Tehran University. From 1979 to 1981, he was dean at the faculty of

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and

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, University of Tehran, and the head of Iranian National Commission for

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from 1979 to 1982. Davari was the

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of '' Farhang Journal''. Davari and Abdolkarim Soroush have engaged in a series of philosophical debates in post-revolutionary Iran.Jacques Waardenburg, ''Muslims and others'', 2003, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 491–2

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Reza Davari Ardakani's official website
People from Ardakan University of Tehran alumni Academic staff of the University of Tehran 1933 births Living people Academic staff of the Islamic Azad University Heidegger scholars Existentialists 20th-century Iranian philosophers 21st-century Iranian philosophers Philosophers of culture Phenomenologists Philosophers of nihilism Recipients of the Order of Knowledge Farabi scholars Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Philosophy Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni Academy of Sciences of Iran members Iranian philosophy academics {{Iran-philosopher-stub

Life

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