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Sayfulloev, Negmatullo

Tajik philosopher Negmatullo Mirzoevich Sayfulloev was born on

April 20, 1942, in the village of Mulloaloi of Tashkent. He received his

early education in the Tashkent region.

Sayfulloev entered the Leninabad Faculty of Physics and Mathe-

matics in 1959 and completed his degree in 1964. From 1964 to 1969,

he was a professor at the Mechanics and Mathematics Division of Taji-

kistan State University. In 1969 he became a post-graduate student at

Moscow University. Saifulloev graduated from Moscow University in

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1972. Between 1973 and 1989, he was an Assistant Professor at the

Philosophy Department of the Tajikistan National University.

Between 1980 and 1992, he served as a leading member of the De-

partment of Philosophy and Law at the Academy of Sciences of Tajiki-

stan. Sayfulloev submitted his thesis in 1973 and, in 1992, defended his

dissertation and became a Doctor of Philosophy.

After 1992, he became a Professor of Philosophy at the Tajikistan Na-

tional University and, after 1997, a Professor of Philosophy and Politics

at the Tajikistan Slavonic University.

Sayfulloev's contributions include, Tahlili Mantiqii Mafhumi Miqdor

(A Logical Analysis of the Meaning of Quantity, Dushanbe, 1989);

Mantiq (Logic, Dushanbe, 1990); and Mantiqi Ibn Sina dar Muqoisa bo

Mantiqi Arastu va Ravokien ( A Comparative Study of the Logic of Ibn

Sina and the Logic of Aristotle and Ravokien, Dushanbe, 1991).

Sayfulloev has traveled extensively in Europe, the former republics

of the Soviet Union, and India, and has received a number of medals

and awards.