Masoume Shahgordi

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Education

  • Azad University, Science and Research Branch, PhD student in Modern Philosophy, In Progress – since Sep 2021.
  • The University of Tehran, Master in Philosophy of Religion, 2013 – 2015.
  • The Isfahan University of Technology, Bachelor in  Engineering of Textile Technology, 1998 – 2003.

Main Interests

Philosophical problems on the Interaction between:

  • Mind/ Brain
  • Science/ Religion
  • Sexuality/ Gender
  • Psychology/ Philosophy

Other Interests:

  • The Nature of Human Consciousness

Biography

I (She/her) was born in Sep 1980 in Tehran- Iran. I won the first prize in the theoretical sector of the National Seminar in Iran Physics Society for Students in 1997.

Since 2011, I have been formally engaged in academic philosophical studies as an M.A. in Philosophy. I translated several books and articles – initially written in English in the field of Philosophy – into Persian and held several interviews with some of the philosophers from the U.S. and the U.K.

Internationally speaking, I was accepted into the Ph.D. program at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2021 and M.A. at Bristol University in 2017. Again, I was invited for the interview in a complete scholarship Ph.D. program at Oxford Brooks University in 2018. In none of them, I could continue. Then, in 2021, I sat for the national level exam and was accepted into the PhD program at Azad University, Science and Research Brand. My thesis is in the field of philosophy of pseudoscience, which I am working on right now.

I recently ran my institution: Foujan Institute, Pioneers of Knowledge and Philosophy. The main concern is to produce interdisciplinary knowledge of Philosophy and Psychology.

Teaching

Books

  1. The writer of “A Dictionary to Derrida’s Words”. Tehran: Elm Pub, Nov 2020
  2. The translator of: “Traditions of Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge (Public Administration)”. (Norma M. Riccucci, Georgetown University Press), 2020. The translation is in contract with the Institute for Social and Cultural Studies, Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology. The panel chose this book as part of the Government Plan in Public Administration. The book is in the publishing process.
  3. The translator of: “A Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Derrida”. (Leslie Hill, Cambridge University Press). Tehran, Elmi Farhangi Co., Aug 2020. “Cambridge Introductions Series to Literature” in 21 volumes addresses the essential information on the history of a literary topic with accessible and comprehensive coverage of its development. Leading scholars guide students through the major issues involved in each area. Few thinkers of the twentieth century have profoundly and radically transformed our understanding of writing and Literature as Jacques Derrida.
  4. The translator of “Darwinian Revolution“.(Michael Ruse, Cambridge University Press, 2019). Tehran, Elmpub, Jan 2020 https://en.foujaninstitute.com/2021/12/09/michael-ruse/. The book is one of the “Cambridge Elements series” providing concise and structured introductions to all of the central topics in the philosophy of biology. Contributors to the series are cutting-edge researchers who offer balanced, comprehensive coverage of multiple perspectives while developing new ideas and arguments from a unique viewpoint.
  5. The translator of: “Evolution and Religion”. (Michael Ruse, Rowman & Littlefield). Tehran, Elmpub, the work is done, but it is announced as “illegal” by the book council of the I.R. IRAN.
  6. The translator of “How to think about God”. (Philip Freeman, Princeton University Press, 2019). Elm Pub. 2021.

International Cooperation

  1. “Evolutionary Theory and Religion”, In an interview with Prof. Michael Ruse, July 2020. https://en.foujaninstitute.com/2021/12/09/michael-ruse/
  2. “Science & Religion, Sociobiology, Ethics, Free will”, In an interview with Prof. Michael Ruse, Aug 2020.
  3. “Literally and Metaphorically Reading of the Holy Books and The Design Theory”, In an interview with Prof. Michael Ruse, Sep 2020.
  4. “The New Atheists”, In an interview with Prof. Michael Ruse, Oct 2020.
  5. “Meaning of Life”, In an interview with Prof. Michael Hauskeller, Dec 4, 2020, https://en.foujaninstitute.com/2022/02/01/michael-hauskeller/
  6. “Metaethics”, Interview with Professor Simon KirchinApr 2021. https://www.kent.ac.uk/philosophy/people/1684/kirchin-simon
  7. Freud’s Philosophy and Evil“, In an interview with Professor David Livingstone Smith, Anthropology and Culture. Dec 2021. https://en.foujaninstitute.com/2014/08/24/david-livingstone-smith/
  8. On the Non-biological Reasons for Hating“, In an interview with Prof. Michael Ruse, 9th Feb 2022
  9. Darwin’s Theory Consequences on Evil “, In an interview with Professor David Livingstone Smith, 9th Feb 2022.
  10. On the Possibility of Evolutionary Psychology“, In an interview with Dr. Subrena Smith, 9th Feb 2022 https://cola.unh.edu/person/subrena-smith.
  11. Director of planning and arrangement of a webinar on the philosophy of mind, with a presentation by Dr Keith Frankish from the University of Sheffield-England. 22nd June 2022. https://en.foujaninstitute.com/2022/06/28/2922/
  12. Director of planning and arrangement of a webinar on the philosophy of mind, with a presentation by Dr Ned Block from the University of New York, 9th Sep 2022. https://en.foujaninstitute.com/2022/08/03/ned-block/

Membership

  1.  “Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love”, Manhattan College, New York, from June 8, 2022. https://philosophyofsexandlove.org/

Articles

  1. An introduction to philosophically gender studies, 2021
  2. “Self-Identity (Mind), Systems theory, and Entropy”. Tehran, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Researches on Science and Religion, 7(13), 2016, 89- 104.
  3. “A contradiction in the pluralism approach to marriage, Anthropology, and Culture.
  4. “The graph theory of Spinoza’s Ethics”, Anthropology and Culture.
  5. “On the translation of Spinoza’s Ethics in Persian.”
  6. Philosophy is air, In Persian, Anthropology, and Culture. 
  7. Feminine beautification, Dr. Ann Cahill’s viewpoint, In Persian, Anthropology, and Culture. 

Compilation and translation

  1. Rationalism; From ancient Greece to Pre-Descartes”. Part 1 & 2.

Translated Articles

  1. Translation of the entry of “Being” from Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  2. Translation of the entry of “Rationalism/Empiricism” from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  3. Translation of A series of articles in Adolescents Sexual Health for Nikravan; the Psychological and counseling institution, since 2019, https://nikravan.org/
  4. Translation of articles for Roshd Education magazine, from 1985 to 1986
  5. Translation affairs for private companies from 1984 to 1991

Conference and Workshop Participation

  1. Online Conference, “Do current evidential standards in the science of consciousness help or hinder the discovery of signs of consciousness?”, Uwe Peters, Bonn/Cambridge, University of Bonn, 27 Sep, 2023.
  2. Society for the Philosophy of Love and Sex’s Virtual Seminar, Problems of Consent with Elinor Mason, Margot Witte, and Katrina Haaksma.  Wednesday, November 30th, 2022.
  3. Online meeting on Philosophy of Sex and Love, “Asexuality” with Luke Brunning, 27th Oct 2022, www.PhilosophyofSexandLove.Org
  4. 11th Summer School of Analytic Philosophy at IPM (Institution for fundamental sciences), http://ipm.ir/, 4th – 6th Sep 2022, On Realism and Antirealism.
  5. 3. Online meeting on Philosophy of Sex and Love, “Playful Sex; A Kantian Account”, Helga Varden, 25th Aug 2022, www.PhilosophyofSexandLove.Org
  6. 4. Online workshop on Philosophy of the senses: Seeing, University of Liverpool, Nov 13, 2020.
  7. 5. National Conference on “The Origin of Species, by means of Natural Selection.” Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Feb 2018.
  8. 6. Scientific lecture on: “The Philosophical analysis of the Price Equation as a model for Evolutionary Changes”, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Oct 2018
  9. 7. International conference on “Islamic Intellectuals”, Iran Broadcasting University, Summer 2009
  10. 5-day International Seminar on “Science & Religion”. Tehran University, Sep 2008.
  11. 9. 3-day National Conference on “Teaching Methods”, Education Headquarters, Summer 2005.

Executive Responsibilities

  1. The Founder and CEO at Foujan Institute; Pioneers of Knowledge and Philosophy, Since Nov 2021
  2. The Executive Managing Director of the international event on Darwin Day, Feb 9, 2022.
  3. Director of planning and arrangement of a webinar on the philosophy of mind, with a presentation by Dr. Keith Frankish from the University of Sheffield-England, with the cooperation of IPM (Institution for Fundamental Sciences), 22nd June 2022. http://ipm.ir/
  4. Director of planning and arrangement of a webinar on the philosophy of mind, with a presentation by Dr. Ned Block from the University of New York, with the cooperation of IPM (Institution for fundamental sciences), 9th Sep 2022. http://ipm.ir/