Farzad Mahootian Faculty of Liberal Studies, New York University Farzad Mahootian is a Clinical Associate Professor of Global Liberal Studies at New York University since 2010. He has an interdisciplinary background (PhD Philosophy, Fordham; MS Chemistry, Georgetown). His research focuses on interactions between philosophy, science and society within the mythological imagination of technoscience and with guidance from process philosophy, biomimicry, artificial intelligence, and premodern sciences. Recent publications include, “Ideals of Human Perfection in Sufism and Transhumanism,” in Tirosh-Samuelson, H., et al., Building a Better Human (2012: Peter Lang); “Jung and Whitehead: An Interplay of Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives,” (with Tare-Marie Linné) in Held, B. & Osbeck, L., Rational Intuition (2014: Cambridge); “Paneth’s epistemology of chemical elements in light of Kant’s Opus postumum,” Foundations of Chemistry, (2013: Springer); “Kant, Cassirer, and the Idea of Chemical Element,” in Ghibaudi, et al, What is a Chemical Element? (2020: Oxford); “Redesigning Relations: Coordinating Machine Learning Variables and Sociobuilt Contexts in COVID-19 and Beyond” (with H. Howland & V. Keyser) in Ehsani, S., et al, The Future Circle of Healthcare (2022: Springer). Participant In: Synchronicity: On the Spectrum of Mind and Matter Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:30-4:30 pm Past Event Watch the video » “I have no doubt that the placing side by side of the points of view of a physicist and a psychologist will also prove to be a form of reflection.” —Wolfgang Pauli “Since physicists are the only people nowadays who would be able to deal with such a concept successfully, it is from a physicist… read more » Synchronicity and Other Mind Matter Conjectures Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:00 pm Alumni Hall, NYU Langone Medical Center 550 First Avenue, New York, NY Past Event Watch the video » This program, co-sponsored by The Jungian Psychoanalytic Association and The Helix Center is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. For more information, consult the JPA website www.nyjung.org or contact Allison Tuzo at JPA@nyjung.org How are mind and matter related? In the mid-20th century, the psychiatrist and analyst Carl Gustav Jung and the… read more » Art and Science: The Two Cultures Converging December 1-3, 2017 Past Event Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it. This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the… read more » Living in Difficult Times November 19th, 2022 at 2:30pm EST Past Event Watch the video » Daily headlines have been startling and scary: “U.S. Life Expectancy Plunged in 2020, Especially for Black and Hispanic Americans,” reported The New York Times. “The Pandemic has Made Homelessness More Visible in Many American Cities,” noted The Economist, while The Guardian announced “The Latest UN Report is Clear: Climate Change is Here, It’s a Crisis, and It’s Caused by… read more »
Synchronicity: On the Spectrum of Mind and Matter Saturday, April 12, 2014 2:30-4:30 pm Past Event Watch the video » “I have no doubt that the placing side by side of the points of view of a physicist and a psychologist will also prove to be a form of reflection.” —Wolfgang Pauli “Since physicists are the only people nowadays who would be able to deal with such a concept successfully, it is from a physicist… read more »
Synchronicity and Other Mind Matter Conjectures Wednesday, November 5, 2014 8:00 pm Alumni Hall, NYU Langone Medical Center 550 First Avenue, New York, NY Past Event Watch the video » This program, co-sponsored by The Jungian Psychoanalytic Association and The Helix Center is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. For more information, consult the JPA website www.nyjung.org or contact Allison Tuzo at JPA@nyjung.org How are mind and matter related? In the mid-20th century, the psychiatrist and analyst Carl Gustav Jung and the… read more »
Art and Science: The Two Cultures Converging December 1-3, 2017 Past Event Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it. This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the… read more »
Living in Difficult Times November 19th, 2022 at 2:30pm EST Past Event Watch the video » Daily headlines have been startling and scary: “U.S. Life Expectancy Plunged in 2020, Especially for Black and Hispanic Americans,” reported The New York Times. “The Pandemic has Made Homelessness More Visible in Many American Cities,” noted The Economist, while The Guardian announced “The Latest UN Report is Clear: Climate Change is Here, It’s a Crisis, and It’s Caused by… read more »