Department of Philosophy

Department of Philosophy

Founded in 1957, the former Department of Philosophy went into its academic activities under the former name of Philosophy and Educational Sciences. In the early years of its formation, the department principally and exclusively followed educational goals, that is, teacher training.

But now, the Department of Philosophy in B.A. courses, mainly deals with subjects on Metaphysics and Epistemology. Western and Islamic philosophy courses (covering a period beginning the Greek philosophy up to Contemporary philosophy), are included in undergraduate program. In addition, different courses such as psychology, sociology, logic, and philosophy of science are included in the Bachelor\'s degree syllabus.

In M.A. program, the postgraduate students investigate main philosophical schools and teachings. They study, for example, ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, contemporary philosophy and Islamic philosophy ( Mashsha , Ishraq and Hekmate-e Mutaaliye).

A chair of Ph.D. in philosophy is being finalized for the coming years.

Journal of Philosophical Investigations

https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/?lang=en

The Journal of Philosophical Investigations (JPI) is an open-access peer-reviewed international quarterly journal in English and Persian (with English extended abstracts and bibliographies) devoted to the fields of philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Iranian philosophy, ontology, epistemology, contemporary philosophy, phenomenology, philosophy of art,  aesthetics, Islamic philosophy, Mulla Sadra philosophy, Iranian philosophy, Averroism, Avicennism, Illuminationism,  mystical philosophy, scholastic Islamic theology, and transcendent theosophy, published by the University of Tabriz and is scientifically sponsored by the Iranian Association for Philosophy of Religion (IAPR). It is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the publication of original articles, review articles, etc., considering the research ethics and academic rules and regulations.

The Journal of Philosophical Investigations (JPI) was established in 2007 by the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tabriz. Until the summer of 2014, emeritus professor Yahya Yasrebi, Professor of Philosophy and Mysticism at Allameh Tabatabaei University (Tehran), was the editor-in-chief of the journal, and now Dr. Muhammad Asghari, Professor of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Tabriz, is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Initially, the Journal of Philosophical Investigations was published semiannually. Due to the great response from the philosophical audience, it was decided to publish quarterly.

All papers are subject to a double-blind reviewing process. The submitted manuscripts will be published after a thorough review and the editorial board's approval. Researchers are highly appreciated if they visit this website, register, submit, and set up their papers based on the Instructions to Authors.

Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages has been publishing a seasonal research journal entitled ‘ Nashrieh-ye Daneshkadeh-ye Adabiyat va Ulumeh Ensani’ (Journal of Letters and Humanities) for sixty years which is the oldest journal in the country. Now, the journal is published in three different areas of Literature, Philosophy and Language. Up to now, 199 volumes have been published, and the volumes 200 to 202 are in press. The editorial board of the journal consists of twelve members who are the academic staffs of various universities of Iran.

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