Kaikhosrov D. Irani (May 1, 1922 – June 29, 2017)Kaikhosrov D. Irani's obituary
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Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German Philosophy, philosopher and one of the central Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemolo ...

and the

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is a branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. The central questions of this study concern what qualifies as science, the reliability of scientific theories, and the ultim ...

. Born in

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, India, he was the eldest son of Sir Dinshah Irani and Banu Mithibai Sethna. He studied at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

and was a student of

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...

. He taught for 41 years in the philosophy department at

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...

, where he served as Chairman for nine years. He was a member of the Academy of Science in New York, the American Philosophical Association, the Philosophy of Science Association, and the American Academy of Religion. He was a judge for the

Templeton Prize The Templeton Prize is an annual award granted to a living person, in the estimation of the judges, "whose exemplary achievements advance Sir John Templeton's philanthropic vision: harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest quest ...

given to individuals for "affirming life’s spiritual dimension."The Templeton Prize
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Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism is an Iranian religion and one of the world's oldest organized faiths, based on the teachings of the Iranian-speaking prophet Zoroaster. It has a dualistic cosmology of good and evil within the framework of a monotheistic on ...

community.

Publications

* ''Social Justice in the Ancient World'' (Greenwood Press, 1995) * ''Rationality in Thought and Action'' (Greenwood Press, 1986) * ''Emotion: Philosophical Studies'' (Haven Pub. Corp., 1983) * ''Pathology and Consciousness'' (Haven Pub. Corp., 1978)

References

1922 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American philosophers American Zoroastrians City College of New York faculty Philosophers of science Princeton University alumni Zoroastrian studies scholars Irani (India) people 20th-century translators Indian emigrants to the United States {{india-philosopher-stub