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DR MAHMOUD SAYED

دكتور / محمود سيد أحمد
Office Location
Faculty of Arts – South building fourth door – department of philosophy 4053
Associate Professor
Degrees and Certificates
  • B.A. Philosophy , Cairo University , Faculty of Arts , Egypt , 1976 .
  • M.A. Philosophy , Cairo University , Faculty of Arts , Egypt , 1982 .
  • Ph.D. Philosophy , Tanta University , Faculty of Arts , Egypt , 1985 .
Key Responsibilities
  • Director of MA program in Philosophy from 2008-2010 and from 2023-2025.
  • Member of Editorial Board of Arab Journal for Humanities , Kuwait .
Professional Experience
  • Formerly a Professor of Modern philosophy in Tanta University .
  • Visiting Professor at Cairo university (Khartoum) and United Arab Emirates University .
  • Teaching at Egyptian Universities : Tanta, Zagazig , Ain Shams ( faculty of education ).
Research Interests
  • Subjects related to Modern and Contemporary philosophy, Political philosophy, Ethics .
Academic Subjects
  • Modern philosophy , Modern philosophers , Political philosophy , Introduction to logic , Contemporary philosophy.
Publications

Books:

 

  • Studies in Kant's political philosophy , Cairo : Dar Al-Sakafa for printing , publishing and distribution, 1987.
  • Kant's concept of teleology, Cairo: Dar AL-Sakafa ,1988.
  • N. Hartman's Free Will, Cairo: Dar AL-Sakafa ,1988.
  • Culture and Religion in William Ernest Hocking, Tanta: Dar AL-Hadhara, 1994

State in Robert Nozik, Tanta: Dar AL-Hadhara, 1994

  • Habermas's pragmatics, Cairo: Dar AL-Sakafa ,1994.
  • Dilthey and the philosophy of life, Cairo: Dar AL-Sakafa ,1989. Reprinted under the title: The Philosophy of life: Dilthey, an Example, Cairo: Egyptian Saudi AL-Dar, 2005
  • Hume's Ethics, Cairo: Dar AL-Sakafa, 1992. Reprinted under the title: Ethics Between Mind and Feeling, Kuwait: Afaq (two editions 2001, 2016)
  • Philosophy of Mind in Thomas Reid, Beirut, Darattanaweer, 2001 

Man, and His Place in Hartman's Philosophy of Ethics, Kuwait: AFaq, 2012.

 

Researches and Articles: 

 

  • Arab societies glorify Freedom and their prisons Swallow up Free People, Kuwait: Syassah newspaper, March 1996.
  • Work and Creativity are two sides of the same coin, Kuwait: Al Anbaa newspaper, October 1996.
  • Philosophy of Progress in Fouad Zakaria, in "Fouad Zakaria Festschrift", Kuwait University, 1998.
  • Freedom in the thought of Zaki Nageeb Mahmoud, in ((Zaki Nageeb Festschrift)), Cairo: Highest Council of Culture, 1999.
  • Hume's Religious Belief, Journal of Alem AL-Fakr, vol.29, No.1, Kuwait: National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, 2000.
  • Our Identity is What we Ourselves Make, Kuwait: Identity Magazine, 2003.
  • The Principle of University between Kant and Habermas, Journal of ALm AL-Fakr, Kuwait: National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, vol.No.3,2006.
  • Dilthey, The Philosopher of life, Kuwait: Majallat – AL-Kuwait, No.192, October 1999. 
  • Religion and Modern Mind, AL- Arabi Journal, Kuwait: No 502, 2000.
  • Love and Freedom. Kuwait: Time Magazine, No.197,2002.
  • Man and his place in Kant's Philosophy, Kuwait: Arab journal For the humanities " special edition " ,2013.
  • The Common Good in T.H. Green's Philosophy, Kuwait: Annals of the Arts and Social Sciences, Monograph 404, Annal 34,2014. 
  • Kant's Project for Perpetual Peace; It's bases and sources , Bahrain : Journal of Human sciences. No. 23 ,2014 
  • Kant's Role in establishing the Theory of Communication, Cairo: Bulletin of The Faculty of Arts (Humanities &Social Sciences), Vol.75.Issue 5 – July 2015.
  • Hans Vaihingen's Fictionalism, Kuwait, Annals of the Arts and Social Sciences Monograph 457, Vol,37, Sep .2016.
  • Reconciliatism in Walter Stace's Philosophy, Kuwait: Annals of the Arts and Social Sciences Monograph589, Vol,42, March.2022.
  • Natural Environment: it's Value and our Philosophical and Moral duty towards it,

Kuwait: Majallat – Al Kuwait, No.444, August 2021.

Philosophy and it's rule in social Reality, Kuwait: Majallat – Al Kuwait, No.444, August 2021.

  • Our Arab Identity in light of a Changing world, Kuwait: Identity Magazine, No.103. July August ,2023.
  • The Relation between Law and Morality , Tabyyun ,Qatar, Vol.13, Number 52,2025.

 

Translations:

 

  • History of Modern Philosophy, by William Kelly Right, Cairo, Highest Council of Cultural (The National Project for Translation) 2 editions 2015 &2002, and reprinted in 2012 &2016 &2023, Berit: Daraltanweer. 
  • History of Philosophy by Copleston, Vol.5 Cairo: National Center for Translation, 2005, Vol.6 ,2010, Vol.3,213, Vol8,2009 Cairo: National Center for Translation.
  • Introduction to Logic by Irving Copi (with other), Kuwait: The Academic Publication Council -Univ. of Kuwait, 2013.
  • The Roads to Modernity by Gertrude Himmelfarb, Kuwait: Alam-Almarifah, Sep.2009.
  • Development of Children's Skills and Knowing reading and Writing .by group of writers (with others) Cairo: Nahdetmisr ,2006.
  • Democracy advantage by Morlon Halperin, and Others, Cairo: NahdetMisr, 2009
  • History of Philosophy by Copleston, Vol.9(2024),10(2023),11(2023) , Cairo, the National Center for Translation. 
  • Stace,W,Jewish Illusion,Aorak Philosphia , Unesco chair , Zagazig Univ .Branch , No.114,2025