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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour
@mszarepour.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester. Life member of Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge. Winner of 2023 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Philosophy and Theology.
I'll be in Toronto from July 5th to 20th. If you're free and want to meet up, just send me a message.
"Monthly #Phenomenology": Mohammed Saleh Zarepour on Ibn Sīnā & Intentionality Announcement of the next talk of the series, Mohammed Saleh Zarepour (University of Manchester), Friday, 24 April 2026 Online www.thebsp.org.uk/2026/04/19/m...
Nice to get my hands on the physical copy of the Arabic translation of my edited collection, *Islamic Philosophy of Religion*.
Thanks to Amos Bertolacci's invitation, I had a wonderful time at Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca and examined an excellent PhD dissertation. It should be exciting for everyone interested in Islamic Philosophy to know that an accurate translation of Ibn Sīnā's al-ʿIbāra is forthcoming!
My Introduction to a Religious Studies Archives issue on *Islamic Problems and Perspectives in Philosophy of Religion*, which I edited in 2021, has now been translated into Turkish. English: www.cambridge.org/core/service... Turkish: f6d0b3bf-1114-4f08-964a-80378345848a.usrfiles.com/ugd/f6d0b3_a...
Looking forward to this event organised by Wahid Amin at AMI.
I need to revise my SEP entry on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" soon. Is there any recent work you think I should consider or reference in the new revision? I would be grateful for any suggestions. plato.stanford.edu/entries/arab...
Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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CFP for the Second Conference of the Global Philosophy of Religion Project 2, which will be held at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, 14-16 Sep 2026. globalphilosophyofreligion.com/gpr_events/s...
Second Conference - Calabar - Global Philosophy of Religion
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Nice to meet you in person! This is likely to be one of the final printed issues of *The Monist*, as the journal will soon move to an online-only format.
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour@mszarepour.bsky.social · last yr.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...
A tribute by Daniel Hill to Professor Paul Helm (1940-2025): t.co/kM2j6ZBfeT
http://www.thebspr.org/app/download/12649672/Obituary+for+Paul+Helm+1940-2025+by+Daniel+Hill+%28first+published+in+The+Gospel+Coalition%29.pdf
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CFP: 21st European Conference on Science and Theology (ECST XXI) *Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion* esssatconference.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers – ESSSAT Conference
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Delighted to have joined the editorial team of *Analysis* as an Associate Editor. It’s an honour to be part of the life of such a great journal.
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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A review of my edited volume, *Islamic Philosophy of Religion*, by Jamie Turner, published in *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion*: publicera.kb.se/aejpr/articl...
View of Zarepour, Mohammad Saleh. (Ed.) Islamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge, 299 pp.
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Mohammad Saleh Zarepour@mszarepour.bsky.social · last yr.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...
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
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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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!
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour@mszarepour.bsky.social · last yr.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...
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
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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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! @oupacademic.bsky.social @oupphilosophy.bsky.social academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
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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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...
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...
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Nice to meet you in person! #TheGuiltyPleasureOfHavingPrintCopies
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour@mszarepour.bsky.social · 2y agoIt will be out soon. You can now pre-order it. *Logic, Soul, and World: Essays in Arabic Philosophy in Honor of Tony Street*, edited by A. Ahmed, M. S. Zarepour, and R. Strobino. brill.com/display/titl...
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!
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour@mszarepour.bsky.social · last yr.Looking forward to the Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, taking place on July 3-4. @uomsoss.bsky.social
Looking forward to the Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, taking place on July 3-4. @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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Had a great time in Nottingham! Enjoyed a lot the after-talk conversations I had with brilliant students and scholars at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social.
@uonphilosophy.bsky.social · last yr.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 ❤️
Looking forward to this event at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social today!
@uonphilosophy.bsky.social · last yr.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 ❤️