Dr Musa Akrami( صفحه شخصی)
عنوان:manager of the department
رتبه دانشگاهی : Associate Professor


CURRICULUM VITAE

A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
1. NAME: Musa Akrami

2. DATE OF BIRTH: 05 - 07- 1953

3. NATIONALITY: Iran

4. MARITAL STATUS: married (with two children)

5. ADDRESS:
a) Home: No.53, 3rd Eastern Bustan alley, Lale 35 Meter Blvd., Marzdaran Blvd., Tehran, Iran.
Tel.: (+98) 21 4426-6072,
b) Office: Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Hesarak, Poonak, Tehran, Iran.
Tel/fax: (+98) 21 44865145
E-mail: musa.akrami@sr.iau.ac.ir, musa.akrami@gmail.com
Webpage Address: http://www.tpf-iau.com/faculty/musa.akrami.html
Position: Head of the Department of Philosophy of Science

B. ACADEMIC HISTORY
6. EDUCATION:
o Ph.D. in Philosophy, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, First-Class Student,
o M.A. in Philosophy, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, First-Class Student,
o M. Sc. in Physics, Shiraz University, Graduate with Distinction,
o B. Sc. in Physics, Isfahan University, Graduate with Distinction.

7. DISSERTATION / THESIS
o Ph.D. in Philosophy: Kant and Metaphysics (Adviser: Professor Reza Davari Ardekani; Supervisers: Professor Gholamreza Aavani, and Professor Mir Abdolhosein Naghibzade),
o M.A. in Philosophy: Plato’s Cosmology,
o M.Sc. in Physics: The Effect of Cosmions on the Stability of Main Sequence Stellar Cores (of Populations I & II)

8. RESEARCH INTEREST
Metaphysics, Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Cosmology (metacosmics / metacosmology / metaphysics of cosmology), Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science, Ethics, and Political Philosophy.

9. COURSES STUDIED IN PHILOSOPHY AT PH.D. LEVEL
i) Comparative Philosophy (Western and Eastern, particularly Islamic, Philosophy) ii) Existence Philosophies, iii) Islamic Philosophy (Peripateticism, Illuminationist Theosophy, Transcendent Theosophy), iv) Medieval Philosophy, v) Plato, vi) Aristotle, vii) Descartes, viii) Hegel, ix) Kant, x) Philosophy of Mysticism / Philosophical Mysticism, xi) Seminar.

10.TEACHING
o Instructor of Physics, Sistan and Baluchestan University, 3 Years,
o Instructor in Physics Laboratories, Shiraz University, 2 Years,
o Instructor in Physics, Arak Universities, 4 Years
o Assistant Professor in Philosophy, Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch), Philosophy of Science Dept.
o Associate Professor in Philosophy, Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch), Philosophy of Science Dept.


11.COURSES THOUGHT TO
a) UNDERGRAGUATE STUDENTS
i) General Physics, ii) Heat & Thermodynamics, iii) Optics, iv) Electricity & Magnetism, v) General Lab., vi) Electronics Lab., vii) Magnetism Lab., viii) Optics Lab., ix) Astronomy, x) General Mathematics, xi) Statistical Mechanics, xii) Special Theory of Relativity, xiii) Quantum Mechanics, xiv) Philosophy of Science, xv) Contemporary and Modern Philosophy, xvi) 20th Century Philosophy, xvii) Kant and German Idealism.
b) GRAGUATE STUDENTS
i) Philosophy of Science, ii) Islamic Philosophy and Theology, iii) Physics and Philosophy (1) (Quantum Mechanics), iv) Physics and Philosophy (2) (General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology), v) History of Science, vi) Islamic Astronomy, vii) Fundamentals of Ancient and Modern Astronomy, viii) Causality, ix) Comparative Metaphysics, x) Analytic Philosophy, xi) The Philosophy of Kant, xii) Laws of Nature, xiii) Plato’s and Aristotle’s Philosophy of Art, xiv) Kant’s Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, xv) Western Philosophy, xvi) Advanced Philosophy of Science (1), xvii) Advanced Philosophy of Science (2), xviii) Modern Physics, xix) Universals in Western and Islamic Philosophy, xx) Philosophy of Physics

12.NON-TEACHING / ADMINISRATIVE / RESEARCH WORKS
i. Faculty member as Author, Translator and Editor for GREAT
PERSIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, the Great Persian Encyclopedia Foundation, About 4 Years
ii. Editor- in-chief of Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physics, The Great
Persian Encyclopedia Foundation,
iii. Vice-Chancellor of the Great Persian Encyclopedia Foundation,
About 2 Years,
iv. Vice-president of Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch), Jan. 2005-Oct. 2007, Sep. 2008-
v. Head of the Department of Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch), Aug. 2004 up to now.
vi. Revising the "Philosophy of Science" program for M.A. Degree,
vii. Compiling the "Philosophy of Science" program for Ph.D. Degree.
viii. Compiling the "Cognitive Science and Arts" program for M.Sc. Degree.
ix. Member of the Broad of Scientific Consultants of Report on Dialogue (Journal of the International Center for Dialogue Among Civilizations),
x. Member of editorial board of Logica Universalis, published by Birkhäuser, ISSN 1661-8297
xi. Member of editorial board of Tārīkh-e ‘Elm [= History of Science], published by Institute for the History of Science, University of Tehran, Iran
xii. Member of editorial board of Hekmat va Ma’refat [= Sophia and Episteme], Monthly Journal of Philosophical and Mystical Studies, published by Ettela’at Institue, Tehran, Iran
xiii. Editor-in-Chief of Iranian Journal of Philosophical Investigations, Quarterly Journal of Philosophy, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy


13. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
i. Most of the Annual Conferences of Physics held by IRANIAN SOCIETY OF PHYSICS,
ii. Most of the Numerous Seminars and Conference held by IRANIAN INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY, TEHRAN UNIVERSITY, I.P.M., SADRA ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS, SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY, SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, …
iii. School on “Inflation Theory and Quantum Cosmology”, SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF THECHNOLOGY, Tehran, Iran, 1991
iv. Spring College on “Many Body Techniques”, ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Isfahan, Iran, 1991,
v. Summer School on “Mathematical Logic”, held by I.P.M., IRANIAN ACADEMY (now INSTITUTE) OF PHILOSOPHY, ASSOCIATION FOR SYMBOLIC LOGIC, ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN, INTERNATIONAL FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, and UNESCO; Tehran, Iran, July – August 1991.
vi. 1st Iranian Conference on Philosophy of Science, Tehran, Iran, May 2005
vii. 1st World Conference and School on Universal Logic, Montreux, Switzerland, March-April 2005
viii. 22nd International Congress of History of Science, Beijing, China, July 2005
ix. Metanexus 2006 Conference: Change and Continuity, Philadelphia, USA, 3-7 June, 2006
x. International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, Spain, Aug. 24-30, 2006
xi. Second World Conference and School on Universal Logic, Xi'an, China, Aug 16-22, 2007
xii. Rethinking Popper, Prague, Czech Republic, September 10th - 14th 2007
xiii. Rethinking Philosophy, XXII World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 30-Aug. 5 2008
xiv. International Conference on Shiraz School, Shiraz, Iran, Azar 15-17 1385/Dec. 5-7 2008
xv. Many seminars / conferences on different topics held by various educational / research institutions of Iran.

14. SCINTIFIC RESEARCH MISSION
I was appointed to a mission to India, searching for scientific Arabic / Persian manuscripts in numerous universities and libraries of India.

15. ORGANIZING SEMINARS & CONFERENCES
i) organization of SEMINAR ON IRANIAN CALENDAR, held by the GREAT PERSIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOUNDATION, AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, February 1998.
ii) organization of 1st Iranian Conference on Philosophy of Science, Islamic Azad University-Science and Research Branch, May 2005

16. MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
a) Books
a - 1) I have written / translated 15 books , the most important of which are as follow :

a - 1 - 1) Written Books
i. Akrami, Musa, Dictionary of Cosmology (English – Persian, Persian – English)
ii. Akrami, Musa, From the Beginning of the Dawn of Pre-eternity to the End of the Night of Eternity (Cosmological Explanation of the beginning and the End of the Universe)
iii. Akrami, Musa, Plato’s Cosmology
iv. Akrami, Musa, Iranian Calendar
v. Akrami, Musa, General Astronomy
vi. Akrami, Musa, et al. Dialogue of Civilizations, (as a textbook for high school)
vii. Akrami, Musa, Kant and Metaphysics.
a - 1 - 2) Translated Books (from English into Persian)
i. O’Connor (ed.), A Critical History of Western Philosophy
ii. Reichenbach, Hans, The Rise of Scientific Philosophy
iii. Hospers, John, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
iv. Goodin, Robert E. and Philip Pettit (eds), Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology,
v. Craig, Edward (general editor), Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

a - 2) I have been a member of several groups for translating several reference books such as:
i. Gillipsie, C. C., Dictionary of Scientific Biography
ii. Lipset, S., Encyclopedia of Democracy
iii. Hart, Frederick, History of Art
iv. Burke, P. and H. Inalcik (eds) History of Humanity, published by UNESCO
v. Dinesen, Isak, Winter's Tales

b) Articles
I have written / translated 418 articles in the fields such as History of Philosophy (both Islamic and Western Philosophy), History of Science, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Metaphysics, Mysticism, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Literature, Poetry, and Film. These articles have been published in some books or some authoritative journals such as Iranian Journal of Philosophy: Nameh Falsafeh (The Letter of Philosophy), Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kheradnameh-e Sadra (Journal of Sadra Islamic Philosophy Research Institute), Borhan wa 'Erfan (Quarterly Journal of Philosophy & Mysticism) and Report on Dialogue (Journal of International Center Among Civilizations), Ayene-ye Miras [= The Mirror of Heritage), Jame'e-ye Salem [= Sane Society], Daneshmand [= the Scientist], Rahyaft [= Approach, Quarterly Journal of Iranian Center for Research], Adabiyyat va Falsafe [= Literature and Philosophy], Tarikh va Tamaddon-e Eslami [= Islamic History and Civilization], Pazhuhesh-ha-ye Falsafi- Kalami [= Philosophico-Theological Researches], Anjoman-e Ma’aref-e Eslami [= Islamic Learnings Society]

17. GIVING LECTURES
More than fifty lectures at various Iranian academic and cultural centers on "Philosophy" (Western and Islamic), “Big Bang Theory”, “Philosophical Problems of Physics”, “Modern Philosophy”, “the Importance of Philosophy in Human Life”, “Ethics”, “Political Philosophy”, “Philosophy of Science”, “Philosophy of Religion”, “Philosophy of Art”, “Poetry”, and “Literature”.

18. AWARDS
i. Winner of the First-Class Prize of “IRAN PRESS FESTIVAL” for a Treatise titled the Manifestation of Love from Ibn ’Arabi to ’Araghi
ii. Winner of the Prize of “THE BOOK OF THE YEAR” for the third volume of Dictionary of Scientific Dictionary

19. GRADUATE THESES/DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED
1) Evaluation of Ian Barbour’s views on the Relation of Science and Religion, 2) Kripke’s Semantics and Philosophy of Science, 3) The Role of Probabilities in Epistemology, 4) Philosophical Foundations of Measurement in Quantum Mechanics, 5) Logical Positivism and Metaphysics, 6) The Methodology of Cosmological Anthropic Principle, 7) Philosophy of Chemistry and Modification of Physicalism, 8) Philosophy of Science and Literary Theory, 9) Relativistic Cosmology and Philosophy of Time, 10) Imre Lakatos’ Methodology, 11) The Methodology of Application of Game Theory to Politics, 12) Critique of Physicalism on the Basis of Conceivability and Possibility, 13) The Structure of Chemistry according to Conceptual Method, 14) Theoretical Entities in Physics, 15) The Status of Mind in Mulla Sadra’s and Descartes’ Philosophy, 16) Epistemologico-Ontological Foundations of Human Dignity in Mulla Sadra and Kant, 17) Knowledge in Richard Rorty’s Neopragmatism, 18) Realism in Music, 19) Rationality in Post-Feyerabend Philosophy of Science, 20) The Impact of Gödel’s Theorems on Philosophy

20. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Highly interested in art, particularly poetry, music and film (having made two short (56 and 48 minutes) films as an amateur author-director).






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