Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourThe University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 01/10/2026ON THIS DAY IN 1950 ⬇️ Alan Turing published Computing Machinery and Intelligence, introducing what became known as the Turing Test. By asking the simple but profound question, "Can machines think?", Turing helped lay the foundations for modern AI. 154
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I'll be in Toronto from July 5th to 20th. If you're free and want to meet up, just send me a message. 001
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourBritish Society for Phenomenology @thebsp.org.uk · 19/04/2026"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... 031
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Nice to get my hands on the physical copy of the Arabic translation of my edited collection, *Islamic Philosophy of Religion*. 100
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Thanks 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! 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 17/04/2026My 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... 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Looking forward to this event organised by Wahid Amin at AMI. 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I 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...plato.stanford.edu Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 001
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 23/02/2026CFP 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...globalphilosophyofreligion.comSecond Conference - Calabar - Global Philosophy of Religion 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Nice 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. 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 08/01/2026A tribute by Daniel Hill to Professor Paul Helm (1940-2025): t.co/kM2j6ZBfeTt.cohttp://www.thebspr.org/app/download/12649672/Obituary+for+Paul+Helm+1940-2025+by+Daniel+Hill+%28first+published+in+The+Gospel+Coalition%29.pdf 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 06/01/2026CFP: 21st European Conference on Science and Theology (ECST XXI) *Lost in Translation? Celebrating Language Diversity in Science and Religion* esssatconference.org/call-for-pap...esssatconference.orgCall for Papers – ESSSAT Conference 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Delighted 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. 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Here 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.t.cohttps://publicera.kb.se/aejpr/issue/view/5365 111
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 28/11/2025A 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...publicera.kb.seView of Zarepour, Mohammad Saleh. (Ed.) Islamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge, 299 pp. 000
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourPeter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 16/08/2025An 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 #ibnsinaacademic.oup.comVolume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford AcademicOne 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... 14414
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Exciting 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! 020
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I'm on a roll today: Two rejections in two hours! 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 11/09/2025My 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”tandfonline.com‘I Am Darkness’: On Liar-Style Anti-Dualist Arguments in KalāmIn 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... 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Honoured 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! 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 16/08/2025The 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...academic.oup.comVolume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford AcademicOne 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... 051
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 29/07/2025My paper 'No Easy Road to PSR' is now published in an issue of The Journal of Philosophy. 020
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The paperback of *Islamic Philosophy of Religion* is published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social and is much cheaper than its hardback! www.routledge.com/Islamic-Phil...routledge.comIslamic Philosophy of Religion: Essays from Analytic PerspectivesThis 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... 030
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Nice to meet you in person! #TheGuiltyPleasureOfHavingPrintCopies 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Huge 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! 020
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Looking forward to the Second Manchester Workshop on Islamic Philosophy, taking place on July 3-4. @uomsoss.bsky.social 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Want 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):mathematicalia.comNewly released - Mathematicalia 042
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Had a great time in Nottingham! Enjoyed a lot the after-talk conversations I had with brilliant students and scholars at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social. 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Looking forward to this event at @uonphilosophy.bsky.social today! 010
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourPhilip Goff @philipgoff.bsky.social · 30/05/2025My 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.comCan’t take it with youI am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is. 7408100
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Excited that this conference is approaching! 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Two 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). 010
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Bridges 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 073
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourFarbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Delighted 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/AKHDPEphilpapers.orgFarbod Akhlaghi, Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond - PhilPapersCan 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 ... 1154
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 08/05/2025My *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.academic.oup.com 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 30/04/2025My 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... 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 29/04/2025A 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.globalphilosophyofreligion.comRobert Audi and Mark Wynn Symposium - Global Philosophy of Religionclosearrow-circle-o-downbars 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 24/04/2025My "PSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's Philosophy" is published open-access in Theoria. I argue that Ibn Sīnā's necessitarianism is *compatbile* with not only epistemic but also ontic openness of the future. I know; many people disagree.onlinelibrary.wiley.comPSR, Modal Collapse, and Open Future in Ibn Sīnā's PhilosophyIt has been contended that the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) implies necessitarianism—that is, the view that everything occurs out of necessity. Discussing a well-known argument for this claim.... 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Just submitted my entry on "Islamic Philosophy of Religion" for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stay tuned! This will be the second encyclopedia entry I have ever written. The first one was on "Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Mathematics" for SEP.👇plato.stanford.edu 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Just updated my website after a long time:ms-zarepour.comHome | M. S. Zarepour 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 01/04/2025It 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...brill.comLogic, Soul, and World"Logic, Soul, and World" published on 26 Jun 2025 by Brill. 010
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Unfortunately, I cannot attend it myself! But I'm sure it will be a great talk: www.aub.edu.lb/jabre/Pages/... 000
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourClelia Crialesi @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Looking forward to this event @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, and honored to share the mathematical panel with @mszarepour.bsky.social 142
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Looking forward to this @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social: *Bridges between Parallel Paths: Arabic-Islamic and Latin Christian Medieval Philosophies* bridgesconference2025.wordpress.com (Though I have no idea why the distribution of '-' is unbalanced: 'Arabic-Islamic' but 'Latin Christian'! 😃)bridgesconference2025.wordpress.comBridges between Parallel Paths: Arabic-Islamic and Latin Christian Medieval PhilosophiesSupported by: AHRS King's College London; Mind Association 010
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourRichard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 22/01/2025In case anyone is in Oxford in the early summer, it would be lovely to see you at my Locke Lectures, running each Wednesday at 5pm from 30th April to 4th June (details in the link). Title: From a Point of View Abstract in comments. www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/john-locke-l...philosophy.ox.ac.ukThe John Locke LecturesThe John Locke Lectures 813535
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourFaculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 21/01/2025We’re now on Bluesky 👋🦋 Follow us for news, updates and research from The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester. 031
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Just a reminder that the deadline for submission to the special issue of *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion* on "Contemporary Philosophical Engagements with Islam" is approaching!publicera.kb.se CFP Islam | AGATHEOS – European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 000
Mohammad Saleh Zarepour @mszarepour.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Interested to know what we do at @official-uom.bsky.social? Follow @uomhums.bsky.social and @uomsoss.bsky.social! 000
Reposted by Mohammad Saleh ZarepourDomingos Faria @dfaria.eu · 13/01/2025📖 Medieval Finitism: www.cambridge.org/core/elements/med… 011