Atefeh Esmaeili
Education
B.A. in Persian Literature, University of Tehran; M.A. in Philosophy, University of Tehran
Year of Matriculation
2023
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Areas of Interest
Early Islamic Philosophy; Philosophy in Late Antiquity; Arabic and Latin Neoplatonism and Aristotelianism
Profile
My main area of study is early Muslim philosophy and the forging period of philosophical models and doctrines in the lands of Islam, focusing on divine causation and ontology in Liber de causis and Arabic Plotinus. I am also interested in Ibn Sina’s philosophy and its Latin reception, alongside medieval Aristotelianism East and West. Being a passionate high school teacher for years, I am also interested in the philosophy of education, as well as the political and social aspects of youth life.
Recent Scholarly Activity
- “Nel Noddings: A Feminist Philosophy of Education”, Department of Analytic
Philosophy, IPM, 2023 - “Platonic Causes in Early Islamic Philosophy”, Department of Analytic
Philosophy, IPM, 2022 - “Al-Kindi’s Reflections on Free Will and Determinism”, the Summer School
of “Free Will and Determinism in Islamic Tradition”, Institute of Asian and
Oriental Studies, the University of Zurich, 2021