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Farzad Mahootian

Clinical Associate Professor of Global Liberal Studies

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Farzad Mahootian
Farzad Mahootian

Title: Clinical Associate Professor of Global Liberal Studies

Institution: NYU

Discipline: Philosophy & Ethics

Appearances: 4

Notable: Published in Oxford University Press and Springer on philosophy of chemistry; contributor to 'What Is A Chemical Element?' (Oxford, 2020) and 'Philosophy of Chemistry: Growth of a New Discipline' (Springer, 2015)

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Biography

Farzad Mahootian is a philosopher of science with an interdisciplinary background spanning philosophy (PhD, Fordham University) and chemistry (MS, Georgetown University). He has taught philosophy, science, and humanities courses for over thirty years, and his research centers on interactions between philosophy, science, technology, and society, with special interest in the relevance of rhetoric, myth, and metaphor to the history of science and philosophy.

Sample Works

Roundtable Appearances

Where Have All the Isms Gone?: On the Evolution of Knowledge
March 7, 2026 · ▶ Video
Where Have All the Isms Gone?: On the Evolution of Knowledge
The roundtable examines how intellectual movements and paradigms have historically organized knowledge within disciplines -- from functionalism and structuralism in anthropology...
Art & Aesthetics Artificial Intelligence Education & Knowledge
Deborah Coen, Brigid Doherty, Gil Eyal, Farzad Mahootian, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
Podcast
Living in Difficult Times
November 19, 2022 · ▶ Video
Living in Difficult Times
The roundtable addressed contemporary crises including pandemic impacts on life expectancy (particularly affecting Black and Hispanic Americans), increased homelessness, climate...
Art & Aesthetics Artificial Intelligence Emotion & Affect
Jon Chun, Katherine Elkins, Farzad Mahootian, Edward Tenner, Steven Wein, R. John Williams
Podcast (1:29:00)
Synchronicity: On the Spectrum of Mind and Matter
April 12, 2014 · ▶ Video
Synchronicity: On the Spectrum of Mind and Matter
The roundtable explores synchronicity -- meaningful coincidence of two or more causally unrelated events sharing similar meaning -- developed by physicist Wolfgang Pauli and...
Consciousness & Mind Death & Spirituality Philosophy
Harald Atmanspacher, Joseph Cambray, Edgar Choueiri, Farzad Mahootian, Beverley Zabriskie
Podcast (2:08:10)
Synchronicity and Other Mind Matter Conjectures
November 5, 2014, 8:00 p.m. · ▶ Video
Synchronicity and Other Mind Matter Conjectures
The event explores the mind-matter relationship through the Pauli-Jung Conjecture. "How are mind and matter related? In the mid-20th century, the psychiatrist and analyst Carl...
Consciousness & Mind Death & Spirituality Medicine & Health
Harald Atmanspacher, Joseph Cambray, Edgar Choueiri, Farzad Mahootian, Beverley Zabriskie
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