Chairman:
Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahim Afaki
Introduction
The Department of Philosophy was founded
in 1952. It is the first department that came into existence in the
faculty of Arts initially (now the faculty of Social Sciences) University
of Karachi. Prof. Dr. M.M.Ahmed, a man of saintly wisdom and philosophical
acumen, was the founder Chairman of the department. From the very
beginning, the department has remained committed to fostering a wide
variety of philosophical approaches and has gradually evolved towards
developing links between philosophy and other disciplines. The members
of its teaching staff included Professors, Associate Professors,
Assistant Professors and Lecturers. All teachers are strongly committed
to teaching and research and have contributed through their publications,
significantly in the advancement of knowledge. Moreover, its senior
faculty members have also served on important positions of responsibilities
in other areas. At present Dr. Abdul Wahab Suri is the senior most
faculty member of the department. He is the Chairman of the department.
Philosophy Department is committed to
a variety of approaches. Researches pursued by its faculty members
and students involve living issues from History of Philosophy, Meta-Logic,
Phenomenology, Existen-tialism, Ethics, Analytical Philosophy, Concept
of Self; Post Modernist Thought, Islamic Modernism, Philosophical
Anthropology, Critical Theory, Hermeneutics, Philosophy of Art, Philosophy
of Mind, Pragmatism atc. The department has enough human resources
to produce high quality researchers in the field of Philosophy of
Science, Hermeneutics, Analytical Philosophy, Political theory and
Philosophy of Law, Post-modern Philosophy, Muslim Philosophy, Aesthetics,
Bioethics etc.
Teaching & Assessment
