Ali Khalilian Najafabadi

Ali Khalilian Najafabadi holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Cognitive Science and is currently a master’s student in Philosophy. His research interests lie in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics, with a particular focus on the metaphysics of consciousness and the gap between first-person experience and third-person knowledge. He is especially interested in how subjective experience can be philosophically accommodated alongside scientific accounts of the brain without reducing one to the other. His work explores the possibility of developing conceptual frameworks that remain faithful both to empirical findings in cognitive science and neuroscience and to enduring metaphysical concerns about consciousness, meaning, and experience. He also has a strong interest in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, particularly regarding the limits of explanation and the relationship between experience, language, and reality.