Ali Hossein Khani

assistant professor

Date of birth : 1980-07-31
Email : hosseinkhani@irip.ac.ir
Group : Science Studies
Work phone : 021-67238233
Fax : 021-66962700
Website : https://philpeople.org/profiles/ali-hossein-khani
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  • Scientific and research based articles

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Against Interpretivism." Organon F ( ): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Meaning: “To Follow a Rule Blindly”." The Philosophical Quarterly (2024): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Intention and Judgment-Dependence: First-Personal vs. Third-Personal Accounts." Philosophical Explorations (2024): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Quine, Naturalism and First-Person Epistemology." Logos & Episteme (2024): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "McDowell's Wittgenstein vs. Kripke's Wittgenstein." zehn (2023): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Quine and First-Person Authority." Logos & Episteme (2023): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Intention and Judgement-Dependence: First-Personal vs. Third-Personal Accounts." Philosophical Explorations (2023): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "A Critical Review of the Mainstream Reading of Kripke’s Wittgenstein: On Misunderstanding Kripke’s Wittgenstein." ---- (2023): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Intention, Judgement-Dependence, and Self-Deception." Res Philosophica (2023): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Kripke’s Wittgenstein and Ginsborg’s Reductive Dispositionalism." Metaphysic (2023): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Kripke’s Wittgenstein." The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) (2022): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "The Indeterminacy of Translation and Radical Interpretation." The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) (2022): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "The Root of the Third Dogma of Empiricism: Davidson vs. Quine on Factualism." Acta Analytica (2022): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson on Pure Intending: A Non-Reductionist Judgement-Dependent Account." Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review (2021): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Review of “Relativism”, by Baghramian Maria and Coliva Annalisa (New York: Routledge, 2020)." Philosophical Quarterly (2021): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson on Self‐Knowledge: A Transcendental Explanation." The Southern Journal of Philosophy (2021): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson’s Wittgensteinian Metaphilosophy." Academia Letters (2021): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Islam and Science: The Philosophical Grounds for a Genuine Debate." Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science (2020): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson’s Wittgenstein." Journal for the History of Analytical Philosophy (2020): .

    • • Shahmir, Saeedeh, and Ali Hossein Khani. "McTaggart on the Unreality of Time: Boghossian against Error-Theory." zehn (2020): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Interpretationism and Judgement-Dependence." Synthese (2020): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Review of “Working from within: The Nature and Development of Quine’s Naturalism”, by Sander Verhaegh (Oxford University Press, 2018)." Philosophical Quarterly (2020): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Kripke’s Wittgenstein’s Sceptical Paradox: A Trilemma for Davidson." International Journal for the Study of Skepticism (2019): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Review of “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy” by Oliver Leaman (Bloomsbury Academic, July 16, 2015)." Religious Studies Review (2018): .

    • • Shahmir, Saeedeh, and Ali Hossein Khani. "The Manifestation Challenge: The Debate between McDowell and Wright." ---- (2018): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Quine on the Indeterminacy of Translation: A Dilemma for Davidson." Dialectica (2018): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Review of “Donald Davidson’s Triangulation Argument: A Philosophical Inquiry”, by Claudine Verheggen and Robert Myers (Routledge, 2016)." International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2017): .

    • • Miller, Alexander, and Ali Hossein Khani. "Davidson’s Antirealism?." Revista de Filosofia Aurora (2015): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Kripke’s Sceptical Argument and Solution and Some Reponses to It." zehn (2011): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson’s Argument for the Compositionality of Natural Languages and the Slingshot Argument." zehn (2011): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "An Examination of Michael Dummett’s Anti-realism and Verificationism." Metaphysic (2010): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson’s Approach to Meaning and Dummett’s Objections to It." Methodology of Social Sciences and Humanities (2010): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "The Main Challenges between Dummett and McDowell: On Theories of Meaning and Adequate Descriptions of Linguistic Behaviour." ---- (2009): .

  • Specialized scientific articles

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Davidson’s Main Arguments for the Necessity of Language for Thought." Philosophy Book Review (2013): .

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. "Dummett’s Interpretation and Criticisms of Frege’s Doctrines on Semantics." Philosophy Book Review (2010): .

  • Encyclopedia Articles

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, 2025-07-20, Primary and Secondary Qualities: Wright’s Account

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, 2025-02-15, Kripke’s Wittgenstein

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, 2021-02-10, The Indeterminacy of Translation and Radical Interpretation

  • Authored Books

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. Kripke’s Wittgenstein: Meaning, Rules and Scepticism.New York:Anthem Press. This book hasn't been published yet

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali. Kripke's Wittgenstein: Meaning, Rules, and Scepticism.London:Anthem Press,2026.

    • • Amiriara, Hassan, Ali Hossein Khani, and Hossein Sheykh Rezaee. Naturalism and Its Challenges.New York:انتشارات راتلج,2024.

    • • Amiriara, Hassan, Hossein Sheykh Rezaee, Ali Hossein Khani, and Gary Kemp. Naturalism and Its Challenges.New York:Routledge,2024.

    • • Hossein Khani, Ali, and Gary Kemp. Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers (Volume II) [with Gary N. Kemp. Forthcoming 2023].:Routledge,2023.

  • Participation in conference/seminar/workshop (company/presentation/collaboration)

    • • The Philosophy Day 2021, ارائه سخنرانی, Iran, Tehran, 2021-11-16, 2021-11-16

    • • Taylor Lecture, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2014-03-11, 2014-03-11

    • • Distinguished Research Medal Lecture, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2013-07-16, 2013-07-16

    • • Foucault the Theologian, شركت كننده, Germany, Freiburg, 2018-05-22, 2018-05-22

    • • The Philosophy Postgraduate Workshop, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2013-02-16, 2016-07-15

    • • Philosophy Seminars, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2016-08-24, 2016-08-24

    • • Conference, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2016-10-25, 2016-10-26

    • • Conference (NZAP), شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2015-12-06, 2015-12-15

    • • Workshop, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2013-06-12, 2013-06-12

    • • A Three-day Workshop on Language, Cognition and Reality, شركت كننده, Iran, Tehran, 2017-09-11, 2017-09-13

    • • Workshop, شركت كننده, Iran, Tehran, 2017-12-11, 2017-12-12

    • • Three-day Seminar, شركت كننده, Iran, Tehran, 2005-06-15, 2005-06-17

    • • Seminars on Epistemology, شركت كننده, Iran, Tehran, 2010-08-03, 2010-08-05

    • • Dan & Gwen Taylor Lecture, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2013-08-14, 2013-08-14

    • • Philosophy Seminars, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2016-08-17, 2016-08-17

    • • Philosophy Seminars, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2016-08-16, 2016-08-16

    • • Philosophy Seminars, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2015-03-18, 2015-03-18

    • • Dan & Gwen Taylor Lecture, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2015-07-28, 2015-07-28

    • • Philosophy Seminars, شركت كننده, New Zealand, Wellington, 2014-02-26, 2014-02-26

    • • نشست تخصصی چشم انداز تکامل و اثربخشی علوم انسانی اسلامی در ایران, شركت كننده, Iran, Tehran, 2022-06-26, 2022-06-26

    • • کانت و جهان معاصر, مسئول كارگاه, Iran, Tehran, 2024-11-16, 2025-05-18

  • Conference

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Luwig Wittgenstein and Dondal Davidson on the Second Person, The Philosophy Day, conference, 2021-11-16, 2021-11-16

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Foucault the Theologian [Discussant], Foucault the Theologian, 2018-05-22, 2018-05-22

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Response-Dependence and Immunity from Error: Against Holton, IPM, Philosophy Seminars, Fall 2021, 2021-10-11, 2021-10-11

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Reductive Physicalism, 3rd Summer School at IRIP, Science Studies, 2021-09-11, 2021-09-13

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Meaning Skepticism (1): Quine’s Argument from Below, 8th Summer School at IPM, professional meeting, 2019-09-01, 2019-09-01

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Meaning Skepticism (2): Quine’s Argument from Above, 8th Summer School at IPM, professional meeting, 2019-09-03, 2019-09-03

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Kripke’s Wittgenstein’s Sceptical Argument, 8th Summer School at IPM, professional meeting, 2019-08-31, 2019-09-04

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Intention and Judgement-Dependence, IPM, Philosophy Seminars, 2020-12-07

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Davidson on the Problem of Self-Knowledge, IPM, Philosophy Seminars, 2018-11-19, 2018-11-19

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Conceptual Relativism, 2nd Summer School at IRIP, professional meeting, 2019-08-25, 2019-08-25

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Davidson’s Account of Self-Knowledge and Wright’s Objection to It, The University of Otago, Philosophy Seminars

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, On Davidson’s Construal of Kripke’s Wittgenstein’s Sceptical Problem and Solution, IPM, Philosophy Seminars, 2017-10-16, 2017-10-16

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, What May Davidson Mean by ‘First Meaning’?, The University of Otago, Philosophy Seminars, 2013-08-06, 2013-08-06

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Kripke’s Wittgenstein’s Sceptical Solution and Davidson’s Philosophy of Language, The University of Otago, Philosophy Seminars, 2015-02-20, 2015-02-20

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Davidson’s Reading of Quine’s Indeterminacy Arguments, NZAP, 2015-12-07, 2015-12-07

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Quine on the Indeterminacy of Translation: A Dilemma for Davidson, IPM, Philosophy Seminars, 2017-07-23, 2017-07-23

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Quine and the Problem of Self-Knowledge, Virtual Seminars at IRIP, Speaker, 2021-12-14, 2021-12-14

    • • Hossein Khani Ali, Davidson vs. Quine on Translation, The University of Otago, Philosophy Seminars, 2015-11-06, 2015-11-06

  • Conducted Researches

    • • Judgmenet Dependent Accounts of Intention, پایان یافته, 2025-03-18

    • • The Naturalist Approaches to Philosophy of Language: Kripke’s Wittgenstein, Blackburn and Ginsborg, پایان یافته, 2023-01-08

    • • Naturalist Views in Philosophy of Language, پایان یافته, 2023-03-19

    • • Quine and Naturalized Epistemology: The Case of Self-Knowledge, پایان یافته, 2022-12-25

    • • Quine, Davidson, Naturalism and Relativism, پایان یافته, 2021-03-18

  • Thesis (consultant)

    • • Dummett on Realism and Anti-Realism, Seyed Hossein Ayati, University of Tehran, 2020-09-21, Master, کارشناسی ارشد

  • Education

    • • B.Sc, Mechanical Engineering, Solid Design, Azad University, Science and Research Branch, 2004

    • • M.Sc, Philosophy of Logic, Allameh Tabatabaei University, 2009

    • • Ph.D, Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Otago, 2017

  • Membership In Scientific Associations

    • • New Zealand Association of Philosophers (NZAP), عضو, جهانی, 2015-07-15

    • • Iranian Association for Logic, عضو, ملی, 2012-09-15

    • • Member of the editorial board of the journal AL-MUKHATABAT, عضو, بین المللی, 2012-07-22

    • • Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), عضو, 2017-08-23

  • Offered Courses

    • • منطق جدید, کارشناسی, 1398-99

    • • Language, Mind, and Reality (PHIL 101), کارشناسی ارشد, 2016-17

    • • Philosophical Texts, کارشناسی ارشد, 99-0

    • • مقولات ویژه در فلسفه علم, دکتری, 1397-8

    • • Philosophy of Language, دکتری, 99-0

    • • Workshop on Philosophical Writing, دکتری, Science Studies, 1400-01

    • • Philosophy of Language, نامشخص, 99-0

  • Research Interest

    • • Philosophy of Language

    • • Epistemology

    • • Philosophy of Science

    • • History of Analytic Philosoph

    • • Ludwig Wittgenstein

    • • Donald Davidson

    • • W. V. O. Quine

  • Foreign language

    • • English, writing level : Advanced, reading level : Advanced, speaking level : Advanced