Mostafa Najafi, M.A.

Contact

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Philosophisches Seminar, Room 1073
Platz der Universität 3
79085 Freiburg im Breisgau

mostafa.najafi@philosophie.uni-freiburg.de

Education

• 2012–: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, PhD Candidate in Arabic Philosophy, Research Group LiDiAC, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nadja Germann; Dissertation Title: Tafsīr, Uṣūl al-Fiqh, and Falsafa: Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī’s Unified System of Linguistic Understanding
• 2009–2012: Shahid Beheshti University, Master of Arts (Philosophy); Master's Thesis: The Relationship between λόγος and πάθος in Chrysippus and Poseidonius
• 2006–2009: Mofid University, Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy)

Research Interests

• Islamic intellectual history (8^th-12^th century)
• Logic, language and epistemology in Arabic philosophy
• Linguistics and epistemology at the crossroads of Islamic theology (kalām), Quranic exegesis (tafsīr) and Islamic legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh)
• Persian and Arabic philosophical manuscripts

Presentations

• “Theology, Quran and Language”, Islamic Studies Department, University of Zurich, May 2013
• “The Ambiguity of Ambiguity: Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī's Approach to Understanding the Qur'ān”, Doctoral Colloquium, Orientalisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, January 2014
• “Ambiguity and Signification in Tafsīr and Falsafa”, Quodlibetales. Graduiertenkolloquium der Freiburger philosophischen Mediävistik, May 2014
• “Meaning and Concept in the Linguistic System of Fakhr ad-Dīn ar-Rāzī”, Workshop Européen sur la Philosophie Arabe: Logos – Physis – Nomos, Freiburg im Breisgau, September 2015.