Mohsen Saber
Ph.D. Candidate
Philosophy
Education: Ph.D. in Philosophy, Stony Brook University (In Progress) • Ph.D. Student in Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2018–2019) • M.A. in Philosophy, University of Tehran (2016) • B.S. in Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology (2013)
Areas of Specialization: Continental Philosophy (esp. phenomenology); Islamic philosophy
Mohsen Saber is a Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy at Stony Brook University. His research focuses primarily on phenomenology and medieval Islamic philosophy, with interests in metaphysics, philosophical theology, and philosophy of mind. His dissertation, Fidelity to Oneself: Husserl on Teleology and Vocation, examines the problem of teleology in Husserl and develops an interpretation of teleology as immanent, open-ended, and ultimately personal. In Islamic philosophy, his work focuses on theories of knowledge, love, and selfhood in Avicenna, Suhrawardī, and Persianate Sufi thought. He has published peer-reviewed research on Husserl’s critique of scientific rationality and Avicenna’s theory of intentionality.