Hossein Jorjani
I am Hossein Jorjani, a retired professor trained in natural sciences, interested in philosophy, history, and scientific methodology. Since the 1970s, I have followed politics from a distance and sought to bridge the natural sciences and the humanities and social sciences.
Excursus 004Examines how Bacon uses “dialectic” in the Novum Organum to mean syllogistic reasoning from received axioms, not later speculative dialectic. Excursus 003An analytical history of dialectic as an epistemological method, a spiritual discipline, and an ontological principle in Plato, Kierkegaard, Hegel, and Marx. Excursus 002This excursus traces how Aristotle, Euclid, and Bacon understood axioms, from self-evident principles and mathematical assumptions to inductive generalizations. Excursus 001Examines how Bacon modeled the six-part Instauratio Magna on Aristotle’s Organon and replaced Aristotelian logic with empirical inquiry and induction. Social Democratic Horizon (6)An internal critique of the Meidner funds, examining LO, SAP, Palme, ownership, representation, and the limits of democratic participation. Social Democratic Horizon (5)An essay examines neoliberalism’s evolution, social democracy’s crisis, and why ownership alone does not determine economic democracy or effective control. Social Democratic Horizon (4)An internal critique of social democracy traces its historical foundations, weakening institutions, and proposals for more participatory democracy and dispersed economic power. Excursus 114Examines how evolution can be reconstructed independently from comparative anatomy, paleontology, or quantitative genetics, and distinguishes corroboration from epistemic dependence. Three essays on DialecticAn inquiry into the changing meanings of dialectic, from ancient Greek philosophy through Hegel, Marx, Engels, Adorno, and Žižek.
Social Democratic Horizon (3)An essay outlines social democracy as a possible alternative for governing Iran after the Islamic Republic, focusing on organised labour, workplace participation and democratic governance. Social Democratic Horizon (2)An essay contrasts theoretical and grassroots paths to social democracy, drawing on trade unions, local party work, collective demands, and Iranian political development. Social Democratic Horizon (1):An account of Northern and Western European social democracy, its model of collective democracy, and its potential to address Woman, Life, Freedom. Fast Reading of Scientific PapersA practical guideline for academics on finding, skimming, filtering, and selecting empirical, review, and theoretical scientific papers efficiently. About meAn introduction to an emeritus professor's work in animal genetics, quantitative and genomic evaluation, and writing on philosophy, science, politics, and experience.