Mahdi Malik
Ph.D. Student
Philosophy
Education: Ph.D. Stony Brook University (In Progress) • M.A. Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London (2020) • MSc Cognitive & Decision Sciences, University College London (2014) • B.A. Philosophy and Theology, University of Oxford (2012)
Areas of Specialization: Metaethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, German Idealism, Post-Kantian Philosophy
A doctoral student in the Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, his research spans metaethics, axiology, German Idealism, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion, with a particular focus on the foundations of normativity and the nature of value.
His dissertation explores the problem of meaning in modernity, examining how transformations in scientific, moral, and religious thought have shaped our understanding of what makes life meaningful and valuable. His work engages seriously with figures in Post-Kantian philosophy — including Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Heidegger — while remaining deeply attentive to contemporary debates across analytic philosophy, metaphysics, metaethics, and the philosophy of science.
Research Interests: Modernity, Rationality, philosophy of Science