Hamid Vahid-Dastjerdi also known as Hamid Vahid (born 1959) is an Iranian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Analytic Philosophy Faculty at the

Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences The Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM; fa, پژوهشگاه دانشهای بنیادی, ''Pazhuheshgah-e Daneshhai-ye Boniadi''), previously Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, is an advanced public re ...

. He is known for his expertise on

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Episte ...

philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the ontology and nature of the mind and its relationship with the body. The mind–body problem is a paradigmatic issue in philosophy of mind, although a number of other issues are addre ...

and

philosophical logic Understood in a narrow sense, philosophical logic is the area of logic that studies the application of logical methods to philosophical problems, often in the form of extended logical systems like modal logic. Some theorists conceive philosophical ...

. His works have been published in distinguished journals such as ''

Philosophical Studies ''Philosophical Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal for philosophy in the analytic tradition. The journal is devoted to the publication of papers in exclusively analytic philosophy and welcomes papers applying formal techniques to philo ...

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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ''Philosophy and Phenomenological Research'' (''PPR'') is a bimonthly philosophy journal founded in 1940. Until 1980, it was edited by Marvin Farber, then by Roderick Chisholm and since 1986 by Ernest Sosa. It considers itself open to a variety ...

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Synthese ''Synthese'' () is a scholarly periodical specializing in papers in epistemology, methodology, and philosophy of science, and related issues. Its subject area is divided into four specialties, with a focus on the first three: (1) "epistemology, me ...

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Erkenntnis ''Erkenntnis'' is a journal of philosophy that publishes papers in analytic philosophy. Its name is derived from the German word "Erkenntnis", meaning "knowledge, recognition". The journal was also linked to organisation of conferences, such as the ...

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European Journal of Philosophy ''The European Journal of Philosophy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell. It was established by Mark Sacks in 1993 and the current editor-in-chief is Joseph K. Schear. Editorial Committee Th ...

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Kant-Studien ''Kant-Studien'' ("Kant Studies") is a quarterly journal of philosophy, focusing on Immanuel Kant. The journal was established in 1897. It publishes articles in English and German. See also * List of philosophy journals This is a list of academi ...

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Metaphilosophy Metaphilosophy, sometimes called the philosophy of philosophy, is "the investigation of the nature of philosophy". Its subject matter includes the aims of philosophy, the boundaries of philosophy, and its methods. Thus, while philosophy character ...

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Ratio In mathematics, a ratio shows how many times one number contains another. For example, if there are eight oranges and six lemons in a bowl of fruit, then the ratio of oranges to lemons is eight to six (that is, 8:6, which is equivalent to the ...

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Books

* ''The Dispositional Architecture of Epistemic Reasons'', Routledge 2020, * ''The Epistemology of Belief'', Palgrave Macmillan 2008, * ''Epistemic Justification and the Skeptical Challenge'', Palgrave Macmillan 2005,

References

External links

Hamid Vahid-Dastjerdi at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences

Works by Hamid Vahid
21st-century Iranian philosophers Philosophy academics Living people 1959 births Sharif University of Technology alumni Alumni of the University of Warwick Alumni of the London School of Economics Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences faculty Philosophers of mind Epistemologists Iranian logicians Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford 20th-century Iranian philosophers {{Iran-academic-bio-stub