Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
@mszarepour.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Manchester. Life member of Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge. Winner of 2023 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Philosophy and Theology.
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University of Helsinki is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Ethics
Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Ethics
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
University of Helsinki is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Ethics
Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Ethics
Here is the symposium I guest edited for *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion* on Amir Saemi's book, *Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond*, with excellent contributions by I. Aijaz, F. Akhlaghi, R. Audi, and L. Brown, to all of whom I am deeply grateful.
https://publicera.kb.se/aejpr/issue/view/5365
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November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Here is the symposium I guest edited for *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion* on Amir Saemi's book, *Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond*, with excellent contributions by I. Aijaz, F. Akhlaghi, R. Audi, and L. Brown, to all of whom I am deeply grateful.
A review of my edited volume, *Islamic Philosophy of Religion*, by Jamie Turner, published in *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion*:
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A review of my edited volume, *Islamic Philosophy of Religion*, by Jamie Turner, published in *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion*:
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publicera.kb.se/aejpr/articl...
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
An issue of the Monist has just appeared devoted to Ibn Sīnā/Avicenna! A great lineup of authors, and I'm honored to be part of it, having written a paper with Michael Noble about the reception of the idea of the Active Intellect.
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#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
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#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
Volume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford Academic
One of the oldest and most important journals in philosophy. Publishes quarterly thematic issues on particular philosophical topics which are edited by leading philosophers in the corresponding fields...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
An issue of the Monist has just appeared devoted to Ibn Sīnā/Avicenna! A great lineup of authors, and I'm honored to be part of it, having written a paper with Michael Noble about the reception of the idea of the Active Intellect.
academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
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#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
Exciting news: I just learned that this collection that I edited has been translated into Arabic by an Egyptian scholar and will be published soon! Stay tuned!
The paperback of *Islamic Philosophy of Religion* is published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social and is much cheaper than its hardback!
www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...
www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...
Islamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic Perspectives
This volume focuses on Islamic philosophy of religion with a range of contributions from analytic perspectives. It opens with methodological discussions on the relationship between the history of Isla...
www.routledge.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Exciting news: I just learned that this collection that I edited has been translated into Arabic by an Egyptian scholar and will be published soon! Stay tuned!
I'm on a roll today: Two rejections in two hours!
September 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I'm on a roll today: Two rejections in two hours!
My most recent article on the history of the liar paradox in the medieval Islamic world is now available open-access:
“‘I Am Darkness’: On Liar-Style Anti-Dualist Arguments in Kalām”
“‘I Am Darkness’: On Liar-Style Anti-Dualist Arguments in Kalām”
‘I Am Darkness’: On Liar-Style Anti-Dualist Arguments in Kalām
In the medieval Islamic world, dualism—i.e. the view that reality is constituted of two incompatible ultimate substances, the light and the darkness—was sometimes criticised by appealing to liar-st...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My most recent article on the history of the liar paradox in the medieval Islamic world is now available open-access:
“‘I Am Darkness’: On Liar-Style Anti-Dualist Arguments in Kalām”
“‘I Am Darkness’: On Liar-Style Anti-Dualist Arguments in Kalām”
Honoured to be selected as the treasurer of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion. Looking forward to working with Christopher Insole (president) and David Leech (secretary). The theme of the next BSPR conference, scheduled for 2027, is "God and the Limits of Reason". Stay tuned!
September 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Honoured to be selected as the treasurer of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion. Looking forward to working with Christopher Insole (president) and David Leech (secretary). The theme of the next BSPR conference, scheduled for 2027, is "God and the Limits of Reason". Stay tuned!
The special issue of *The Monist* that I edited on "The Philosophy of Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)" is now out! 3 of the 8 papers included in this issue are open access!
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@oupphilosophy.bsky.social
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Volume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford Academic
One of the oldest and most important journals in philosophy. Publishes quarterly thematic issues on particular philosophical topics which are edited by leading philosophers in the corresponding fields...
academic.oup.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The special issue of *The Monist* that I edited on "The Philosophy of Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)" is now out! 3 of the 8 papers included in this issue are open access!
@oupacademic.bsky.social
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
@oupacademic.bsky.social
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social
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My paper 'No Easy Road to PSR' is now published in an issue of The Journal of Philosophy.
#newarticle "No Easy Road to PSR" by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
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July 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My paper 'No Easy Road to PSR' is now published in an issue of The Journal of Philosophy.
The paperback of *Islamic Philosophy of Religion* is published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social and is much cheaper than its hardback!
www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...
www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...
Islamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic Perspectives
This volume focuses on Islamic philosophy of religion with a range of contributions from analytic perspectives. It opens with methodological discussions on the relationship between the history of Isla...
www.routledge.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The paperback of *Islamic Philosophy of Religion* is published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social and is much cheaper than its hardback!
www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...
www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...
July 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Huge thanks to all the brilliant speakers at the 2nd Manchester Workshop on Islamic Phil. (Wahid Amin, Fedor Benevich, Kamran Karimullah, Jon McGinnis, and Aysenur Tabur)! All the talks were truly fascinating! Stay tuned for the 3rd workshop, which will hopefully feature a larger group of speakers!
Looking forward to the Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, taking place on July 3-4.
@uomsoss.bsky.social
@uomsoss.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Huge thanks to all the brilliant speakers at the 2nd Manchester Workshop on Islamic Phil. (Wahid Amin, Fedor Benevich, Kamran Karimullah, Jon McGinnis, and Aysenur Tabur)! All the talks were truly fascinating! Stay tuned for the 3rd workshop, which will hopefully feature a larger group of speakers!
Looking forward to the Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, taking place on July 3-4.
@uomsoss.bsky.social
@uomsoss.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Looking forward to the Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, taking place on July 3-4.
@uomsoss.bsky.social
@uomsoss.bsky.social
Want to track recent publications on medieval (philosophy of) mathematics? @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social has you covered on the page below (which includes my *Medieval Finitism* as well):
Newly released - Mathematicalia
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July 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Want to track recent publications on medieval (philosophy of) mathematics? @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social has you covered on the page below (which includes my *Medieval Finitism* as well):
Had a great time in Nottingham! Enjoyed a lot the after-talk conversations I had with brilliant students and scholars at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social.
EVENT!
Our annual Lumsden Lecture is today!
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social from Manchester Philosophy!
“The Problem of Future Contingency in Islamic Philosophy”
In-person: 3–5pm @UoNHumanities A03.
Online: tinyurl.com/4y3zb4fz
Includes prize-giving and social afterwards ❤️
Our annual Lumsden Lecture is today!
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social from Manchester Philosophy!
“The Problem of Future Contingency in Islamic Philosophy”
In-person: 3–5pm @UoNHumanities A03.
Online: tinyurl.com/4y3zb4fz
Includes prize-giving and social afterwards ❤️
June 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Had a great time in Nottingham! Enjoyed a lot the after-talk conversations I had with brilliant students and scholars at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social.
Looking forward to this event at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social today!
EVENT!
Our annual Lumsden Lecture is today!
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social from Manchester Philosophy!
“The Problem of Future Contingency in Islamic Philosophy”
In-person: 3–5pm @UoNHumanities A03.
Online: tinyurl.com/4y3zb4fz
Includes prize-giving and social afterwards ❤️
Our annual Lumsden Lecture is today!
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social from Manchester Philosophy!
“The Problem of Future Contingency in Islamic Philosophy”
In-person: 3–5pm @UoNHumanities A03.
Online: tinyurl.com/4y3zb4fz
Includes prize-giving and social afterwards ❤️
June 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to this event at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social today!
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My good friend @helendecruz.net is currently in hospice after a long battle with cancer, and has written this beautiful piece reflecting on what is truly of value in life.
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Can’t take it with you
I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.
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May 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My good friend @helendecruz.net is currently in hospice after a long battle with cancer, and has written this beautiful piece reflecting on what is truly of value in life.
helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...
helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...
Excited that this conference is approaching!
Bridges between Parallel Paths: Arabic-Islamic and Latin Christian Medieval Philosophies Conference June 13-14 King's College, London & online bridgesconference2025.wordpress.com
@thebshp.bsky.social @mszarepour.bsky.social @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social
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June 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Excited that this conference is approaching!
Two incoming PhD students planning to work with me on Islamic Philosophy (with an analytical approach) have received full funding. Encouraging to see the field thriving at @manchester.ac.uk (@uomsoss.bsky.social).
May 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Two incoming PhD students planning to work with me on Islamic Philosophy (with an analytical approach) have received full funding. Encouraging to see the field thriving at @manchester.ac.uk (@uomsoss.bsky.social).
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
Bridges between Parallel Paths: Arabic-Islamic and Latin Christian Medieval Philosophies Conference June 13-14 King's College, London & online bridgesconference2025.wordpress.com
@thebshp.bsky.social @mszarepour.bsky.social @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social
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May 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bridges between Parallel Paths: Arabic-Islamic and Latin Christian Medieval Philosophies Conference June 13-14 King's College, London & online bridgesconference2025.wordpress.com
@thebshp.bsky.social @mszarepour.bsky.social @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social
@thebshp.bsky.social @mszarepour.bsky.social @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social
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Delighted to be able to share this new forthcoming paper: my part of a book symposium on Amir Saemi's excellent 'Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond', edited by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour for Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. philpapers.org/rec/AKHDPE
Farbod Akhlaghi, Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond - PhilPapers
Can one who takes Scripture to be the word of God, and who takes their independent moral judgements to be reliable, reconcile such beliefs with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit ...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Delighted to be able to share this new forthcoming paper: my part of a book symposium on Amir Saemi's excellent 'Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond', edited by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour for Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. philpapers.org/rec/AKHDPE
My *Avicenna + Zorn = Necessary Existent* is published in the new vol. of OSPR, edited by @larabuchak.net and Dean Zimmerman. Combining a series of Avicennian principles and Zorn's lemma, I have developed a proof for the ex. of God, which is probably stronger than the original Proof of the Sincere.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My *Avicenna + Zorn = Necessary Existent* is published in the new vol. of OSPR, edited by @larabuchak.net and Dean Zimmerman. Combining a series of Avicennian principles and Zorn's lemma, I have developed a proof for the ex. of God, which is probably stronger than the original Proof of the Sincere.
My SEP entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" has been translated to Spanish and Portuguese:
EN:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/arab...
ES:
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PT:
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EN:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/arab...
ES:
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PT:
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April 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My SEP entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" has been translated to Spanish and Portuguese:
EN:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/arab...
ES:
3dd514a1-7193-425c-9dab-e8842b28b8e9.filesusr.com/ugd/f6d0b3_3...
PT:
3dd514a1-7193-425c-9dab-e8842b28b8e9.filesusr.com/ugd/f6d0b3_c...
EN:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/arab...
ES:
3dd514a1-7193-425c-9dab-e8842b28b8e9.filesusr.com/ugd/f6d0b3_3...
PT:
3dd514a1-7193-425c-9dab-e8842b28b8e9.filesusr.com/ugd/f6d0b3_c...
A research symposium with Robert Audi and Mark Wynn, organised by Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2 at the University of Birmingham. Travel bursaries are available for students.
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April 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A research symposium with Robert Audi and Mark Wynn, organised by Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2 at the University of Birmingham. Travel bursaries are available for students.